Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

RADIATION SAFETY REGULATION 2021 - REG 4

4 Radioactive substance—Act, sch 2

(1) For schedule 2 of the Act , definition
"radioactive substance" , paragraph (b) , the following radioactive material is prescribed to be a radioactive substance—

(a) radioactive material (other than radioactive material that is a mineral substance) containing a radionuclide mentioned in schedule 1 , column 1, if both of the following apply—

(i) the concentration of the radionuclide is equal to or more than the concentration stated opposite the radionuclide in column 2 of the schedule;

(ii) the activity of the radionuclide is equal to or more than the activity stated opposite the radionuclide in column 3 of the schedule;

(b) radioactive material that is a mineral substance containing a radionuclide mentioned in schedule 1 , column 1, if the concentration of the radionuclide is equal to or more than the concentration worked out by multiplying the concentration stated opposite the radionuclide in column 2 of the schedule by 10.

(2) In this section—

"mineral substance" means—

(a) a mineral, other than a mineral situated within the boundaries of land the subject of a mining lease, mineral development licence or exploration permit within the meaning of the Mineral Resources Act 1989 ; or

(b) a substance into which a mineral has been changed as a result of the processing of the mineral.

Examples of the processing of a mineral—

the refining, smelting or calcining of a mineral