ATOMIC ENERGY (PRESCRIBED SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS
1. Citation
2. Definition
3. Prohibition of the working of certain minerals
4. Prohibitions in relation to prescribed substances
5. Offences
SCHEDULE 1
- REG 1
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Atomic Energy (Prescribed Substances) Regulations.
- REG 2
Definition
2. In these Regulations, "Act" means the Atomic Energy Act 1953-1973.
- REG 3
Prohibition of the working of certain minerals
3. (1) The working, in a Territory., of the minerals specified in the Schedule is prohibited except
under and in accordance with a licence in force under section 38 of the Act.
(2) The Minister is, where it is necessary so to do for the purposes of the defence of Australia,
authorized to prohibit, by notice published in the Gazette, the working, elsewhere than in a Territory,
of any minerals specified in the Schedule except under and in accordance with a licence in force under
section 38 of the Act.
- REG 4
Prohibitions in relation to prescribed substances
4. (1) The acquisition, production, treatment, possession, use and disposal, in a Territory, of a
prescribed substance is prohibited except under and in accordance with a licence in force under section
38 of the Act.
(2) The Minister is, where it is necessary so to do for the purposes of the defence of Australia,
authorized to prohibit, by notice published in the Gazette, the acquisition, production, treatment,
possession, use or disposal, elsewhere than in a Territory, of a prescribed substance except under and
in accordance with a licence in force under section 38 of the Act.
- REG 5
Offences
5. (1) A person shall not, except under and in accordance with a licence in force under section 38 of
the Act- (a) work, in a Territory, any minerals specified in the Schedule; or (b) work, elsewhere than
in a Territory, any minerals specified in the Schedule while a notice referred to in sub-regulation 3 (2)
is in force.
(2) A person shall not, except under and in accordance with a licence in force under section 38 of the
Act- (a) acquire, produce, treat, possess, use or dispose of, in a Territory, any substance that is a
prescribed substance; and (b) acquire, produce, treat, possess, use or dispose of, elsewhere than in a
Territory, a prescribed substance while a notice under sub-regulation 4 (2) is in force.
- SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE
Item No. Minerals
1
Pitchblende
2
Uraninite
3
Renardite
4
Uranium ochres
5
Gummite
6
Saleeite
7
Sklodowskite
8
Torbenite
9
Autunite
10
Uranophane
11
Saddyite
12
Boltwoodite
13
Beta uranophane
14
Betafite
15
Euxenite
16
Thucolite
17
Urano, phosphate
18
Carnotite
19
Davidite
20
Monazite
21
Thorianite
22
Thorite
23
Blomstrandine
24
Cheralite
25
Samarskite
Regulations 3 and 5