Radiation Protection Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2016

Radiation Protection Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2016

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Radiation Protection Act 2005 .

13 December 2016

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON

Minister for Health

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Radiation Protection Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2016 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the seventh day after the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Radiation Protection Regulations 2016 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Schedule 1 substituted

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following Schedule is substituted:

SCHEDULE 1 - Fees

Regulation 31

Column 1 – Item	Column 2	Column 3 – Fee units
1.	Application –
	(a) licence	128
	(b) certificate of registration	0
	(c) certificate of accreditation	0
	(d) renewal of authority	0
2.	Licence to possess and use radiation apparatus or sealed source –
	(a) Annual fee payable for licence to possess and use radiation apparatus, other than a linear accelerator, or sealed source –
	(i) 1 radiation apparatus or sealed source	206
	(ii) 2 radiation apparatus or sealed sources	287
	(iii) 3 radiation apparatus or sealed sources	492
	(iv) 4 radiation apparatus or sealed sources	564
	(v) 5 radiation apparatus or sealed sources	770
	(vi) more than 5 radiation apparatus or sealed sources	141 multiplied by the number of authorised radiation apparatus or sealed sources
	(b) Additional fee payable for storage of radiation apparatus or sealed source	32 for each authorised radiation apparatus or sealed source authorised for storage but not use
3.	Annual fee payable for licence to possess and store but not use radiation apparatus or radioactive material	128 plus 32 for each radiation apparatus or sealed source
4.	Annual fee payable for licence to possess but not store or use radiation apparatus or radioactive material	128 plus 32 for each radiation apparatus or sealed source
5.	Annual fee payable for licence to possess and use radiation apparatus that is a linear accelerator	680 for each linear accelerator
6.	Annual fee payable for licence to use radiation apparatus or sealed source	128
7.	Annual fee payable for licence to sell, repair, service or install radiation apparatus or sealed source –
	(a) if 1 to 5 persons are specified in application for licence as likely to be dealing with radiation apparatus or sealed source	206
	(b) if 6 to 10 persons are specified in application for licence as likely to be dealing with radiation apparatus or sealed source	287
	(c) if more than 10 persons are specified in application for licence as likely to be dealing with radiation apparatus or sealed source	411
8.	Annual fee payable for licence to possess, store and use radioactive material for the practice of nuclear medicine	1 282
9.	Annual fee payable for licence to possess, store and use radioactive material that is not sealed for the purpose of research, teaching or pathology	137 for each place where radioactive material is stored or used for which a certificate of registration is in effect
10.	Annual fee payable for licence to sell radiation source	128
11.	Annual fee payable for licence to transport radioactive material as a commercial operation	206
12.	Annual fee payable for licence to dispose of radioactive material as a commercial operation	206
13.	Application to amend authority	51
14.	Application to amend or substitute an approved radiation management plan	51
15.	Fee for certificate of registration for a radiation place	206
16.	Fee for certificate of accreditation authorising holder to test radiation source for the purpose of issuing certificate of compliance for radiation source –
	(a) 1 year	102
	(b) 2 years	180
	(c) 3 years	250
17.	Fee for certificate of accreditation authorising holder to issue certificate of compliance for radiation place
	(a) 1 year	102
	(b) 2 years	180
	(c) 3 years	250
18.	Fee for replacement of authority	60

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 21 December 2016

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Radiation Protection Regulations 2016 by increasing certain fees prescribed under the Radiation Protection Act 2005 .