ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

15 December 2009

Draft Amendment to the National Directory for Radiation Protection
Amendment No. 5

Radiation Protection Principles, Adoption of Veterinary and Chiropractic Codes, and other matters

The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency is inviting submissions on Amendment No. 5 to the National Directory for Radiation Protection.

The aim of the Directory is to provide nationally uniform requirements for the protection of people and the environment against exposure or potential exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and for the safety of radiation sources, including provision for the national adoption of codes and standards. The Directory has been developed to address the needs of radiation protection regulators but it will also benefit other sectors involved in implementing radiation controls, such as mining and occupational health and safety regulators.

The most recent edition of the National Directory for Radiation Protection was published in December 2009.

Amendment No. 5 to the Directory clarifies that the ionizing radiation principles, and in particular the justification principle, do not apply to non-ionizing radiation. It also proposes an amendment to Schedule 11 - adding two new referenced Codes of Practice (Veterinary Medicine and Chiropractors) for adoption by all jurisdictions within their respective regulatory frameworks. Amendments to Schedule 13 of a typographical and editorial nature are also included.

Comments are also invited on the accompanying Best Practice Regulation Preliminary Assessment.

The following documents provide essential information to assist the submission process:

• Invitation to Comment (PDF 135k)
• Public Consultation Draft Amendment No. 5 to the National Directory for Radiation Protection (PDF 45k)
• Best Practice Regulation Preliminary Assessment (PDF 324k)

Requests for hardcopies can be made by email to secretariat@arpansa.gov.au or by telephoning (03) 9433 2339.

Public submissions should be forwarded by 19 February 2010 and addressed to:

Mr Alan Melbourne
Manager, Standards Development and Committee Support Section
ARPANSA
619 Lower Plenty Road
Yallambie VIC 3085

Or by email to: secretariat@arpansa.gov.au
(Electronic submissions are preferred)

All submissions will be held in a register of submissions, and unless marked confidential, may be made public.

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