Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

RADIATION SAFETY REGULATION 2021 - REG 87

87 Smoke detectors—Act, s 210

(1) For section 210 of the Act —

(a) a radioactive substance incorporated in a domestic smoke detector is exempt from sections 12 , 13 , 23 , 24 , 25 and 26 of the Act ; and

(b) a radioactive substance incorporated in an ionisation chamber smoke detector that is not a domestic smoke detector is exempt from sections 12 , 13 , 23 , 24 and 25 of the Act if the detector was—

(i) acquired before 1 January 2000; or

(ii) manufactured in accordance with AS 1603.2-1997 (Automatic fire detection and alarm systems, Part 2 : Point type smoke detectors).

(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply while the smoke detector is being manufactured or repaired.

(3) In this section—

"domestic smoke detector" means an ionisation chamber smoke detector that—

(a) contains the radionuclide americium-241 with an activity of not more than 37kBq; and

(b) was manufactured in accordance with AS 3786-1993 (Smoke alarms), second edition.