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RADIATION (CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS
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RADIATION (CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE

SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS
(Cap. 303 sub. leg. A)
Contents
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PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Citation 1-2
2. Interpretation 1-2
2A. Delegation of powers and functions 1-6
PART II
LICENSING, CONVEYANCE AND
STORAGE
3. Application for licence 2-2
4. Licence 2-2
5. Licence to be exhibited 2-4
6. Labelling 2-4
7. Conveyance of radioactive substances on 2-12
vehicles or vessels
8. Storage 2-18
9. Disposal of radioactive waste 2-22
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PART III
CONTROL OF EXPOSURE
10. Precautions with regard to exposure 3-2
11. Register of employees 3-2
12. Recording of personal exposure to radiation 3-4
13. Conditions for first employment 3-8
14. Conditions for continued employment 3-10
15. Presumptions as to exposure to radiation 3-12
16. Radiation Board to keep records of medical 3-12
examinations
17. Medical examination and inquiry in cases of 3-14
suspected over-exposure to radiation
PART IV
WORKPLACES AND EQUIPMENT
18. Construction and cleaning of workroom, etc. 4-2
19. Use of luminous compounds 4-4
20. Exhaust ventilation 4-4
21. Tool racks and cleaning of tools 4-6
22. Receptacles for certain substances 4-6
23. Ventilation of drying stove 4-8
24. Provision of storage safes in certain cases 4-8
25. Disposal and transport of radioactive waste 4-10
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26. Method of cleaning 4-10
PART V
PRECAUTIONS FOR WORKERS
27. Protective clothing, etc. 5-2
28. Protective screens 5-6
29. Washing facilities 5-6
30. Prevention of bodily absorption of radioactive 5-8
substance
31. Prohibition of the use of mouth-operated 5-10
equipment
PART VI
SUPERVISION
32. Supervision 6-2
33. Warning notices where ionizing radiations are 6-2
used
34. Action to be taken in the event of spillage, 6-4
loss, etc.
SCHEDULE S-2
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Regulation 1 Cap. 303A
RADIATION (CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE

SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS
(Cap. 303, section 13)
[1 October 1965] L.N. 114 of 1965
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Radiation (Control of
Radioactive Substances) Regulations.
2. Interpretation
(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“affected industrial undertaking” (受影響的工業經營) means an
industrial undertaking within the meaning of the Factories and
Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59), in or by which
any radioactive substance is manufactured, used, handled,
conveyed or stored;
“affected undertaking” (受影響的經營) means any undertaking
whatsoever, whether carried on for gain or otherwise, in
which any radioactive substance is manufactured, used,
handled, conveyed or stored, other than an affected industrial
undertaking;
“approved laboratory” (認可檢驗所) means a laboratory approved
by the Board for the purposes of regulation 12;
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“Authority” (監督), in relation to an affected industrial undertaking,

means the Commissioner for Labour and, in relation to an
affected undertaking, or in relation to any person not engaged
in an undertaking, the Director of Health; (L.N. 76 of 1989)
“employ” and “employment” (僱用、受僱) include reference to
any kind of work carried out for another whether voluntarily
or for consideration;
“handling” (處理) includes physical contact or contact by remote
control with any radioactive substance or container containing
any such substance;
“luminous compound” (發光化合物) means luminous material
consisting of or containing any radioactive substance;
“open air” (露天地方) means a space which—
(a) is vertically uncovered and unobstructed;
(b) is not less, in any horizontal dimension, than 1.5 m; and
(c) where such space is enclosed on 4 sides, has a horizontal
area of not less than 0.25 m2 for every metre of the
mean height of the walls enclosing the space; (L.N. 410
of 1982)
“panel” (醫務小組) means such committee as the Board may from
time to time appoint under section 5 of the Ordinance, for
the purpose of advising the Board upon matters affecting or
concerning the state of health of persons employed or to be
employed in any work or process involving manufacture or
handling of any radioactive substance;
“personnel radiation monitoring device” (工作人員輻射監測器
具) means a device designed to be worn or carried by an
individual for the purpose of measuring exposure to radiation
and includes a photographic film suitable for that purpose,
placed in an appropriate film holder; (L.N. 228 of 1985)
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“proprietor” (東主), in relation to any affected undertaking or

affected industrial undertaking, includes any person for the
time being having the management or control or receiving
the profits of the business carried on in such undertaking or
employing any person engaged in such business;
“radiation” (輻射) means ionizing radiation; (L.N. 228 of 1985)
“radioactive waste” (放射性廢料) means waste radioactive
substances and waste material contaminated by radioactive
substances or which, having regard to its use, may have
become so contaminated;
“sealed source” (密封源) means a radioactive substance which is
permanently enclosed in a container in such a manner that it
or any part of it cannot be separated from the container unless
the container is damaged, but also in such a manner as to
permit of the emission of radiation;
“unsealed radioactive substance” (非密封的放射性物質) means
any radioactive substance which is not a sealed source.
(2) (Repealed L.N. 410 of 1982)
(L.N. 226 of 1990)
2A. Delegation of powers and functions

The Authority may, by notice in the Gazette, delegate to any public
officer the exercise of any of the powers (or the performance of
any of the duties) conferred (or imposed) upon the Authority by
these regulations.
(L.N. 228 of 1985)
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PART II
LICENSING, CONVEYANCE AND STORAGE

3. Application for licence
Every application pursuant to any of the provisions of section 7
or 8 of the Ordinance for any licence relating to any radioactive
substance shall be made in writing addressed to the Authority
and shall contain, so far as may be applicable, the following
particulars—
(a) the purpose for which the licence is required;
(b) the nature and quantity of the radioactive substance in
question;
(c) the type of packing in which the substance is contained;
(d) the type and dose rate of radiation at the surface of any
package;
(e) in the case of a licence to manufacture, use or store
any radioactive substance, the place in which it is to
be manufactured, used or stored, and, in the case of
a licence to possess for the purpose of transport, the
intended means of transport and the place from which it
is to be taken and the destination;
(f) in the case of any application pursuant to the provisions
of section 8 of the Ordinance, the area in which
prospecting or mining is to be undertaken; and
(g) such other particulars as the Authority may require.
4. Licence
(1) A fee of $3,190 in respect of any period of 12 months or any
part thereof shall be payable to the Authority in respect of
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the grant or renewal of a licence required by section 7 of the

Ordinance for any radioactive substance. (L.N. 42 of 1976;
L.N. 211 of 1989; L.N. 662 of 1994; L.N. 129 of 2006)
(2) A licence shall be issued in the name of the applicant and
shall contain, so far as may be applicable, the particulars
specified in regulation 3 and any conditions imposed.
(3) A licence granted or renewed shall be valid for 12 months
with effect from the date of grant or renewal thereof or for
such lesser period as may be specified in the licence.
(4) No licence shall be transferable.
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
5. Licence to be exhibited
(1) A person to whom a licence has been issued or renewed
under the Ordinance shall cause the licence to be exhibited
in a conspicuous place in the premises where the radioactive
substance concerned is stored or otherwise dealt with.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with subregulation (1) shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a
fine of $6,000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
6. Labelling
(1) No person shall store or convey, or cause or permit to be
stored or conveyed, any container containing any radioactive
substance unless such container bears—
(a) in the case of any container in respect of which the dose
rate of the radiation at any point on the external surface
of the container does not exceed—
(i) 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram per 24 hours in
the case of gamma or X radiation;
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(ii) the equivalent of 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram

per 24 hours in the case of beta-radiation; or
(iii) those values of flux given in Table I to this
regulation in the case of neutrons,
a label in the form of Label A prescribed in the Schedule
(in this Part referred to as a White Label);
(b) in the case of any container in respect of which the dose
rate of the radiation at any point on its external surface
exceeds the limits specified in paragraph (a) but does
not exceed at any such point—
(i) 50 microcoulombs per kilogram per hour in the
case of gamma or X radiation;
(ii) the equivalent of 50 microcoulombs per kilogram
per hour in the case of beta-radiation; or
(iii) those values of flux given in Table II to this
or if measured at a distance of 1 m from any point on
the external surface—
(iv) 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram per hour in the
case of gamma or X radiation;
(v) the equivalent of 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram
per hour in the case of beta-radiation; or
(vi) those values of flux given in Table III to this
a label in the form of Label B prescribed in the Schedule
(in this Part referred to as a Yellow Label).
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the limits for dose rates
referred to for each type of radiation shall be deemed to be
equivalent in biological effectiveness.
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(3) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of

subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on
conviction to a fine of $15,000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of
1990)

TABLE I
Neutron fluxes biologically equivalent to a dose rate of

2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram per 24 hours of gamma
radiation.
Energy of neutrons Flux: Neutrons/cm2s
0.025 eV 111
10 eV 111
10 keV 56
0.1 MeV 11
0.5 MeV 4
1 MeV 3
2 MeV 2
3 to 10 MeV 2
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TABLE II
Neutron fluxes biologically equivalent to a dose rate of 50

microcoulombs per kilogram per hour of gamma radiation.
0.025 eV 53300
10 eV 53300
10 keV 26700
0.1 MeV 5330
0.5 MeV 2130
1 MeV 1600
2 MeV 1070
3 to 10 MeV 800
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TABLE III
Neutron fluxes biologically equivalent to a dose rate of 2.5

microcoulombs per kilogram per hour of gamma radiation.
0.025 eV 2670
10 eV 2670
10 keV 1330
0.1 MeV 270
0.5 MeV 110
1 MeV 80
2 MeV 53
3 to 10 MeV 40
(L.N. 410 of 1982)
7. Conveyance of radioactive substances on vehicles or vessels

(1) No person shall move, or cause or permit to be moved, by
land or water any radioactive substance except under and in
accordance with a written permit granted by the Authority.
(2) Except with the permission in writing of the Authority, no
person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed,
on any one vehicle or vessel at any one time more than 40
containers of radioactive substance bearing White or Yellow
Labels or, in the case of containers bearing Yellow Labels,
such lesser number of containers as will limit the total number
of radiation units indicated on such Labels to a number not
exceeding 40 units.
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(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2), the total of the dose
rates of the following types of radiation measured at 1 m
from the external surface of a package, at the place where the
value is highest, shall be called the number of radiation units
for the package—
(a) for gamma-and/or X-radiation of energy greater than
200 keV: the number of microcoulombs per kilogram
per hour multiplied by 4;
(b) for gamma-and/or X-radiation of which more than
20% has an energy less than 200 keV: the number of
microcoulombs per kilogram per hour multiplied by 6;
(c) for beta-radiation: the number of microcoulombs per
kilogram per hour multiplied by 4 which is equivalent;
(d) for neutrons: the number of radiation units, according
to the flux relationship given in the Table to this
subregulation. (L.N. 410 of 1982)
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TABLE
Relationship of neutron flux to radiation unit.
Flux equivalent to 1
radiation unit
Energy of neutrons (neutron/cm2s)
0.025 eV 267
10 eV 267
10 keV 133
0.1 MeV 27
0.5 MeV 11
1 MeV 8
2 MeV 5
3 to 10 MeV 4
(4) No person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed,

any radioactive substance on any vehicle unless there be
conspicuously displayed at the front and rear thereof notices
in English and Chinese indicating the presence of such
substance.
(5) No person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed,
any radioactive substance in any vehicle or vessel except
under the supervision of the owner, consignor or consignee of
the substance or his representative authorized in that behalf.
(6) (Repealed L.N. 226 of 1990)
(7) A person must not convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed,
any substances, materials or articles described in section
6 of the Dangerous Goods (Application and Exemption)
Regulation 2012 (Cap. 295 sub. leg. E) in the same vehicle
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as that in which any radioactive substance is conveyed unless

the substances, materials or articles are themselves radioactive
substances. (L.N. 226 of 1990; 10 of 2005 s. 211; 29 of 2021
s. 22)
(8) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of—
(a) subregulation (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and
liable on conviction to a fine of $15,000; and
(b) subregulation (4), (5) or (7) shall be guilty of an offence
and liable on conviction to a fine of $6,000. (L.N. 98 of
1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
8. Storage
(1) No person shall store in any one place a greater number of
containers containing any radioactive substance and bearing
White or Yellow Labels, as referred to in regulation 6, than
40 or such lesser number of containers that the total number
of radiation units indicated on such labels does not exceed 40
units:
Provided that the Authority may grant, subject to such
conditions as it may think fit to impose, permission in writing
for this number of containers or radiation units, as the case
may be, to be exceeded in any particular case where the
Authority is satisfied that adequate safety precautions exist.
(2) No person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, any
container containing any radioactive substance and bearing
a Yellow Label, as referred to in regulation 6, nearer to any
area which is used for living accommodation or as regularly
occupied working space than the distance, measured in
any direction, specified in the Table to this subregulation
appropriate to the number of radiation units specified therefor.
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TABLE
Minimum distance in metres

from living accommodation
Total number of or regularly occupied
radiation units shown working space
on package labels A B C D
up to 1 3 3 3 4.5
2 to 5 8 3 3 4.5
6 to 10 11 4.5 3 4.5
11 to 25 18 6 3 4.5
26 to 40 27 9 3 4.5
(L.N. 410 of 1982)
(3) For the purposes of the Table to subregulation (2)—

(a) column A applies where there are no intervening goods,
walls or other material of not less than the density of
water situated between the container containing the
radioactive substance and the living accommodation or
working space in question;
(b) column B applies where there is situated not less than
0.6 m of goods or other material of not less than the
density of water and at least one partition composed
of sheet steel of not less than 12 mm in thickness,
or the equivalent in density thereto if composed of
other material, between the container containing the
radioactive substance and the living accommodation or
working space in question;
(c) column C applies where there is situated not less than 2
m of goods or other material of not less than the density
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of water and at least 2 partitions composed of sheet steel

of not less than 12 mm in thickness, or the equivalent in
density thereto if composed of other material, between
the container containing the radioactive substance and
the living accommodation or working space in question;
(d) column D applies where there is situated not less than 4.2
m of goods or other material of not less than the density
of water and at least 2 partitions composed of sheet steel
of not less than 12 mm in thickness, or the equivalent in
density thereto if composed of other material, between
the container containing the radioactive substance and
the living accommodation or working space in question;
and
(e) the density of water shall be taken to be 1 kilogram per
cubic decimetre. (L.N. 410 of 1982)
(4) No person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, any
radioactive substance in any store or in a room of any
building unless there is conspicuously displayed on every
entrance to such store or room a notice in English and
Chinese indicating the presence therein of such substance.
subregulation (1), (2) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and
liable on conviction to a fine of $15,000. (L.N. 98 of 1970;
L.N. 226 of 1990)
9. Disposal of radioactive waste

(1) No person shall dispose of, or cause or permit the disposal
of, any radioactive waste from any place otherwise than by a
method approved by the Board either generally by notification
in the Gazette or in writing in any particular case.
subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on
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1990)
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PART III
CONTROL OF EXPOSURE
10. Precautions with regard to exposure
(1) No proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected
industrial undertaking shall cause or permit any person
employed therein to be exposed to ionizing radiations
exceeding the dose limit as defined in relation to irradiating
apparatus in the Radiation (Control of Irradiating Apparatus)
Regulations (Cap. 303 sub. leg.). (L.N. 153 of 1995)
(2) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected
industrial undertaking who contravenes any of the provisions
of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable
on conviction to a fine of $15,000. (L.N. 98 of 1970)
(L.N. 226 of 1990)
11. Register of employees

(1) The proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected
industrial undertaking shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained, a register of every person employed in such
undertaking in any work or process involving the handling of
any radioactive substance. (L.N. 98 of 1970)
(2) Every such register shall contain the following particulars
relating to every person required to be registered therein,
namely—
(a) the name (together with any alias);
(b) photograph (adequate for identification);
(c) current residential address;
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(d) the date of the last medical examination made in

accordance with regulation 13 or 14, as the case may be;
and
(e) the dose of radiation received, as measured in
accordance with regulation 12. (L.N. 228 of 1985)
(3) A copy of every register maintained in accordance with this
regulation shall be filed with the Authority and thereafter a
copy of every addition to or deletion from such register of
any entry therein, except an entry relating to subregulation
(2)(e), shall be filed with the Authority within 7 days after
such addition or deletion is made.
(4) Every register maintained in accordance with this regulation
shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by any
inspector.
industrial undertaking who contravenes or fails to comply
with any of the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty
of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $15,000.
(L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
12. Recording of personal exposure to radiation

industrial undertaking shall make arrangements for the
wearing of, and shall direct every person employed in such
undertaking in any process involving the handling or transport
of any unsealed radioactive substance to wear, a suitable
personnel radiation monitoring device of a type approved by
the Board, during any period in which such person is liable to
be exposed to radiation. (L.N. 98 of 1970)
(2) Subject to subregulation (4A), the proprietor of any affected
undertaking or affected industrial undertaking at his expense
shall obtain the personnel radiation monitoring device
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referred to in subregulation (1) through the Authority, or from

an approved laboratory, and shall arrange for the device,
identified by reference to the wearer thereof, to be returned
to the Authority or to the laboratory, as the case may be, for
examination at such intervals as the Authority may from time
to time direct.
(3) Whenever a personnel radiation monitoring device is returned
for examination to the Authority or to an approved laboratory,
as the case may be, the Authority, or the person in charge of
the laboratory, shall cause the device to be examined and, so
soon as may be thereafter, shall issue to the proprietor who
submitted the device for examination a certificate stating the
dose of radiation received as measured by the device.
(4) Every proprietor to whom a certificate in accordance with
subregulation (3) is issued shall forthwith cause the dose
of radiation stated thereon to be entered in the register
of employees required to be kept in accordance with the
provisions of regulation 11 against the name of the person by
whom such personnel radiation monitoring device was worn.
(4A) Notwithstanding subregulation (2), the proprietor of an
affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking may,
with the approval in writing of the Board, obtain at his own
expense the personnel radiation monitoring device referred
to in subregulation (1) otherwise than through the Authority
or from an approved laboratory and shall in that case, cause
at such intervals as the Board may from time to time direct,
the dose of radiation recorded by the device to be entered in
the register of employees required to be kept in accordance
with the provisions of regulation 11, against the name of the
person by whom the device was worn. (L.N. 228 of 1985)
(5) (a) Any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected
industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any of
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the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an

offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $15,000.
(b) Any person who fails to wear a suitable personnel
radiation monitoring device when so directed by the
proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected
industrial undertaking in which he is employed shall be
guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of
$3,000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 228 of 1985)
13. Conditions for first employment

industrial undertaking shall employ therein any person in any
work or process involving the handling or transport of any
unsealed radioactive substance who—
(a) is under the age of 18 years; or
(b) has not, within the period of 4 months immediately
preceding his first employment by such proprietor in
such work or process, undergone a medical examination
by the panel, including blood examination and the taking
of relevant medical and occupational histories, and has
been certified fit for such employment.
(2) Any person may apply in writing to the Board for medical
examination by the panel for the purpose of complying with
the requirements of subregulation (1)(b) and, upon receipt
of the application, the Board shall direct the panel to carry
out, free of charge, such examination as soon as may be,
but in any event not exceeding 14 days, after receipt of the
application and shall within 10 days after the examination
supply to the applicant 2 copies of a certificate certifying the
date upon which the examination took place and whether the
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applicant was found to be fit or unfit, as the case may be, for
employment in radiation work.
(3) For the purpose of this regulation the expression “first
employment” (首次受僱) includes re-employment in any
work or process involving the handling of any radioactive
substance following a cessation of such employment for any
period exceeding 14 months.
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
14. Conditions for continued employment

industrial undertaking shall continue to employ any person for
any period exceeding 14 months in any work involving the
handling or transport of any unsealed radioactive substance
unless such person undergoes medical examination by the
panel, including blood examination, at intervals of not more
than 14 months during the continuance of such employment
and is after each examination certified by the Board to be fit
for such employment.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subregulation (1),
the Authority may require, by notice in writing served
upon the proprietor of such undertaking, that any person
employed by him in any work or process involving the
handling or transport of any unsealed radioactive substance
shall undergo medical examination by the panel, including
blood examination, at such time or at such lesser intervals
than those specified in subregulation (1) as the Authority,
having regard to the circumstances of the case, may consider
expedient to safeguard the health of such person; and if such
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person fails to submit to examination or, after examination, is

certified by the Board to be unfit for such employment, such
proprietor shall, forthwith upon receipt of notice in writing to
that effect from the Authority, cease to employ such person
on such work or process.
(3) Whenever a notice in writing is served upon any proprietor
of an affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking
in pursuance of the powers conferred by subregulation (2), a
copy thereof shall also be served upon the person to which
the notice relates.
with any of the provisions of subregulation (1) or (2) shall
be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of
$15,000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
15. Presumptions as to exposure to radiation

Any change in any part of the body of any person who has been
engaged in any work or process involving the handling or transport
of any radioactive substance which, in the opinion of the panel, is
consistent with the effects of over-exposure to radiation shall be
deemed to indicate over-exposure thereto.
(L.N. 307 of 1998)
16. Radiation Board to keep records of medical examinations

(1) The Board shall keep a record of every medical examination
carried out by the panel in accordance with these regulations
and shall supply free of charge to any person so examined,
and to the proprietor of the affected undertaking or affected
industrial undertaking, as the case may be, in which such
person is employed, a certificate certifying the date upon
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which the examination took place and whether such person

was found to be fit or unfit to be employed in any work or
process involving the handling or transport of any unsealed
radioactive substance. (L.N. 98 of 1970)
(2) Upon application, and upon payment of a fee of $30, the
Board shall issue a certified copy of any certificate referred
to in subregulation (1) to the person to whom such certificate
relates and to any present or past employer of such person.
(L.N. 211 of 1989; L.N. 662 of 1994; L.N. 129 of 2006)
17. Medical examination and inquiry in cases of suspected over-

exposure to radiation
(1) If the Authority, as a result of information received or
otherwise, has reason to believe that any person employed in
any affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking
is suffering from over-exposure to radiation the Authority
shall, in the manner prescribed in regulation 14(2), require
that such person be medically examined by the panel; and if
after such examination the Board is satisfied that such person
is suffering from the effects of over-exposure to radiation
to an extent requiring medical treatment, the Board shall,
in addition to any action which the Board may consider
appropriate under regulation 14, issue free of charge to such
person a certificate certifying as to his condition.
(2) Without prejudice to anything contained in subregulation
(1), if the Authority has reason to believe that any person
employed in any affected undertaking or affected industrial
undertaking is suffering from the effects of, or appears to
have been subject to, over-exposure to radiation, the Authority
may appoint one or more representatives to investigate the
working conditions or the working habits of such person,
together with any equipment used by him and to make report
thereon to the Authority.
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(3) A copy of any report made pursuant to the provisions of

subregulation (2) shall be forwarded by the Authority to the
Board.
(4) If any person wilfully obstructs or, by knowingly giving false
information, endeavours to mislead any representation of the
Authority appointed under subregulation (2) in the carrying
out of any investigation under this regulation, he shall be
guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of
$3,000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
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PART IV
WORKPLACES AND EQUIPMENT

18. Construction and cleaning of workroom, etc.
industrial undertaking shall cause—
(a) the floors and walls of an workrooms in which unsealed
radioactive substances are used to be constructed
of smooth impervious material with all interstices
effectively sealed, and to be so designed as to permit of
easy cleaning;
(b) all benches and tables on which unsealed radioactive
substances are used to have a hard impervious surface,
with all interstices effectively sealed, and to be so
designed as to permit of easy cleaning;
(c) all workers exposed to or liable to be exposed to
ionizing radiations to be provided with seats of a
substantial pattern having smooth impervious surfaces
capable of being readily cleaned.
industrial undertaking shall cause all benches or tables on
which unsealed radioactive substances are handled and all
seats used by workers engaged in the handling thereof to be
cleaned at the end of each working day or shift and the floors
of any workroom in which such substances are used to be
cleaned not less than once in each working day and the walls
thereof not less than once in each week.
industrial undertaking who fails to comply with any of the
provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and
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L.N. 226 of 1990)
19. Use of luminous compounds

industrial undertaking—
(a) shall cause any luminous compound whenever
practicable to be applied by a wet method;
(b) shall not cause or permit the use of brushes in any
process for the application of any unsealed radioactive
substance without the written permission of the
Authority; and
(c) shall not cause or permit luminous powder to be used
in any process without the written permission of the
Authority.
with any of the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty
of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $6,000.
(L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
20. Exhaust ventilation

industrial undertaking shall cause or permit any work
involving the handling of any unsealed radioactive substance
in powder, paste, gas or vapour form to be carried out by any
person except in a cabinet provided with exhaust ventilation
of a type approved by the Authority.
industrial undertaking who contravenes any of the
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provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an

(b) Any person employed in any such undertaking who
carries out any work referred to in subregulation (1)
otherwise than in a cabinet of a type referred to therein
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to
a fine of $3,000. (L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
21. Tool racks and cleaning of tools

industrial undertaking shall, for the storage of tools not in
actual use, provide suitable racks on all work benches on
which any unsealed radioactive substance is handled and shall
cause such racks and all such tools to be cleaned at the end of
each working day or shift.
provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence
and liable on conviction to a fine of $6,000. (L.N. 98 of 1970;
L.N. 226 of 1990)
22. Receptacles for certain substances

industrial undertaking shall provide receptacles of a kind
approved by the Authority for all unsealed radioactive
substances used or stored in such undertaking.
L.N. 226 of 1990)
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23. Ventilation of drying stove

industrial undertaking shall cause or permit the use of any
stove for the drying of any unsealed radioactive substance, or
for the drying of any article to which any such substance has
been applied, which is not effectively ventilated to the open
air to the satisfaction of the Authority.
of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on
1990)
24. Provision of storage safes in certain cases

(1) If so required by the Authority the proprietor of any affected
undertaking or affected industrial undertaking shall provide
and maintain for the storage of radioactive substances,
including sealed sources, one or more storage safes of a
kind approved by the Authority, and shall ensure that all
radioactive substances which are not in use are stored therein
and that only the minimum quantities required for immediate
use are removed therefrom at any one time.
(2) Every safe referred to in subregulation (1) which contains any
radioactive substance which emits any radioactive substance
in gaseous form shall be provided with adequate ventilation
to the open air.
(3) The proprietor shall ensure that no radioactive substance,
including, any sealed source, is removed from the safe
referred to in subregulation (1) unless it is contained in a
suitable protective container and is removed by a person
having reasonable experience or training in the use of
radioactive substances.
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provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and
L.N. 226 of 1990)
25. Disposal and transport of radioactive waste

industrial undertaking shall cause all radioactive waste to be
removed at frequent intervals from any workplace in which
any radioactive substance, including any sealed source, is
handled, and in any case at the end of each working day or
shift, and shall cause such waste to be placed in one or more
containers of a type approved by the Authority and thereafter
disposed of in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9.
L.N. 226 of 1990)
26. Method of cleaning

industrial undertaking shall cause all cleaning which is
required to be done under these regulations to be done by a
wet method and all implements used in such cleaning to be
properly washed after use and kept, when not in use, in a
locked cupboard kept exclusively for that purpose.
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L.N. 226 of 1990)
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PART V
PRECAUTIONS FOR WORKERS

27. Protective clothing, etc.
industrial undertaking shall—
(a) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who
is engaged in the handling of any unsealed radioactive
substance to be supplied with, and shall direct every
such worker to wear, an overall of a pattern approved by
the Authority;
(b) cause any such overall after each occasion upon which
it is used, either to be washed in such manner as the
Authority may approve for the purpose of preventing
the spread of contamination, or to be disposed of as
radioactive waste in accordance with the provisions of
regulation 9;
(c) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who
substance, in addition to the overall referred to in
paragraph (a), to be supplied with, and shall direct
every such worker to wear rubber or plastic gloves for
protecting the hands and suitable headgear for protecting
the hair;
(d) cause all such gloves to be washed each time they are
removed from the wearers’ hands after use and such
headgear, when in use, to be washed or renewed at least
once each week in such manner as the Authority may
approve;
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(e) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who

substance to be supplied with a locker to be used solely
for the storage of personal protective equipment;
(f) cause every worker employed in such undertaking who
substance to be provided with an adequate supply of
paper handkerchiefs and shall direct every such worker
not to use any other handkerchief for any purpose while
so engaged;
(g) cause arrangements to be made for the deposit in
receptacles, of a type respectively approved by the
Authority, of used paper handkerchiefs requiring
disposal and of used articles of personal protective
equipment requiring laundering;
(h) cause receptacle referred to in paragraph (g) to be at
all times situated in every workroom, locker room
and ablution room used by any worker engaged in the
handling of any unsealed radioactive substance and shall
cause each such receptacle to be emptied of its contents
at the end of each working day or shift and the contents
thereof disposed of in accordance with the provisions of
regulation 9 as radioactive waste, or, as the case may be,
laundered or stored for laundering in a manner approved
by the Authority. (L.N. 386 of 1993)
(2) The Authority may, upon application in any particular case
and upon being satisfied that adequate alternative safety
precautions are taken, by notice in writing addressed to the
proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected industrial
undertaking in question waive all or any of the provisions of
subregulation (1).
(3) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2)—
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(a) any proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected

the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an
(b) any person who fails to comply with any direction
required to be given pursuant to any of the provisions of
subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
28. Protective screens

industrial undertaking in which any person is employed in
any work or process involving the handling of any unsealed
radioactive substance in liquid form shall provide for the use
of such person, and shall direct such person to use, a suitable
protective screen so constructed that it is or can be placed
in a position between the face and the hands of the worker
so as effectively to screen the face from the work during the
handling of the substance.
(b) Any person who fail to comply with any direction given
by the proprietor of any affected undertaking or affected
industrial undertaking pursuant to the provisions of
subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
29. Washing facilities
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industrial undertaking shall provide washing facilities with
soap, towels and nail brushes and an adequate supply of water
free from radioactive contamination for the use of any person
employed in any work or process involving the handling of
any unsealed radioactive substance or any containers of such
substance, and shall direct any such person to make adequate
use of such facilities.
(b) Any person who fails to comply with any direction
given by the proprietor of any affected undertaking or
affected industrial undertaking given pursuant to the
provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an
(L.N. 226 of 1990)
(L.N. 98 of 1970)
30. Prevention of bodily absorption of radioactive substance

(1) No person shall, in any affected undertaking or affected
industrial undertaking, introduce into any workplace in which
any radioactive substance is handled any article not essential
to the processes performed in that workplace and, without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, no food or drink,
or utensil for the partaking of food or drink, or any materials
or articles for smoking or for the application of cosmetics
shall be so introduced.
(2) Every worker employed in any affected undertaking or
affected industrial undertaking who is engaged in the handling
of any radioactive substance shall—
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(a) wash his hands before each meal; and

(b) before leaving his place of work, deposit all personal
protective equipment in the locker or receptacle, as
the case may be, provided therefor in accordance with
regulation 27(1)(e), (g) or (h) and thereafter wash his
hands.
subregulation (1) and any worker who fails to comply with
any of the provisions of subregulation (2) shall be guilty of an
offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $3,000. (L.N. 98
of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
31. Prohibition of the use of mouth-operated equipment

industrial undertaking shall cause or permit any person
employed therein in work involving the handling of any
unsealed radioactive substance to operate by means of his
mouth any plant, apparatus or other equipment whatsoever.
on conviction to a fine of $15,000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226
of 1990)
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PART VI
SUPERVISION
32. Supervision
industrial undertaking shall appoint a person having
reasonable experience or training in the use of ionizing
radiations or the handling of radioactive substances to
supervise any work carried on in such undertaking which
involves such use or such handling.
(2) Any proprietor, of any affected undertaking or affected
L.N. 226 of 1990)
33. Warning notices where ionizing radiations are used

(1) If so required by the Authority, either generally by notification
in the Gazette or in any particular case by request in writing
addressed to the proprietor, the proprietor of any affected
undertaking or affected industrial undertaking, as the case
may be, shall post such notices as the Authority may require
to be posted in any place in the undertaking in which ionizing
radiations are used.
industrial undertaking who fails to post any notice referred to
in subregulation (1) when so required in accordance with the
provisions of that subregulation shall be guilty of an offence
L.N. 226 of 1990)
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34. Action to be taken in the event of spillage, loss, etc.

(1) In the event of spillage or other loss of any radioactive
substance in any affected undertaking or affected industrial
undertaking or in the course of any form of transportation
or of any other occurrence in any such undertaking, whether
accidental or otherwise, of such a nature that the safety or
health of any person is or may be adversely affected thereby,
the proprietor of such undertaking, or the carrier in the case
of transportation, shall, so soon as the fact of such spillage,
loss or occurrence comes to his attention, cause a report of
the circumstances to be made to the Authority, and, if such
report is made verbally, it shall be followed by a report in
writing made within 48 hours thereafter.
(2) In the event of spillage of any radioactive substance in any
affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking, the
proprietor of such undertaking shall immediately order the
removal of all persons from the workplace affected; and shall
so soon as may be thereafter cause the area to be cleansed
by a wet method under the supervision of such person as
the Authority may designate for the purpose; and until the
workplace has been cleansed to the satisfaction of the person
so designated and such person has so certified in writing, the
proprietor shall permit only such persons as may be required
to effect the cleansing to enter the workplace.
(3) In the event of loss of any radioactive substance in any
affected undertaking or affected industrial undertaking, the
Authority may take such steps as he considers necessary and
practicable for the protection of any person who might suffer
injury as a result of the loss.
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(4) In the event of any other occurrence of the nature described

in subregulation (1) in any affected undertaking or affected
industrial undertaking, the proprietor of such undertaking
shall take such remedial action as the Authority may direct.
provisions of subregulation (1) or (2) or who fails to comply
with any direction given by the Authority pursuant to the
provisions of subregulation (4), and any carrier who fails to
comply with any of the provisions of subregulation (1), shall
be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of
$15,000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of 1990)
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SCHEDULE S-2
Cap. 303A
SCHEDULE
[reg. 6]
LABEL A
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SCHEDULE S-4
Cap. 303A
LABEL B
(L.N. 410 of 1982; L.N. 228 of 1985)
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RADIATION (CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS

RADIATION (CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE

(Cap. 303 sub. leg. A)

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RADIATION (CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE

[1 October 1965] L.N. 114 of 1965

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“Authority” (監督), in relation to an affected industrial undertaking,

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“proprietor” (東主), in relation to any affected undertaking or

2A. Delegation of powers and functions

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LICENSING, CONVEYANCE AND STORAGE

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the grant or renewal of a licence required by section 7 of the

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(ii) the equivalent of 2.5 microcoulombs per kilogram

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(3) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of

Neutron fluxes biologically equivalent to a dose rate of

Energy of neutrons Flux: Neutrons/cm2s

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Neutron fluxes biologically equivalent to a dose rate of 50

Energy of neutrons Flux: Neutrons/cm2s

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Neutron fluxes biologically equivalent to a dose rate of 2.5

Energy of neutrons Flux: Neutrons/cm2s

7. Conveyance of radioactive substances on vehicles or vessels

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Relationship of neutron flux to radiation unit.

(4) No person shall convey, or cause or permit to be conveyed,

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as that in which any radioactive substance is conveyed unless

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Minimum distance in metres

(3) For the purposes of the Table to subregulation (2)—

of water and at least 2 partitions composed of sheet steel

9. Disposal of radioactive waste

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conviction to a fine of $15,000. (L.N. 98 of 1970; L.N. 226 of

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11. Register of employees

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(d) the date of the last medical examination made in

12. Recording of personal exposure to radiation

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referred to in subregulation (1) through the Authority, or from

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the provisions of this regulation shall be guilty of an

13. Conditions for first employment

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