National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999)Chapter 1 : Interpretation2. Application of Act, and declaration of nuclear installation |
| (1) | Subject to subsection (2), this Act applies to— |
| (a) | the siting, design, construction, operation, decontamination, decommissioning and closure of any nuclear installation; |
| (b) | vessels propelled by nuclear power or having radioactive material on board which is capable of causing nuclear damage; and |
| (c) | any action which is capable of causing nuclear damage. |
| (2) | This Act does not apply to— |
| (a) | exposure to cosmic radiation or to potassium-40 in the body or any other radioactive material or actions not amenable to regulatory control as determined by the Minister, after consultation with the board and by notice in the Gazette; |
| (b) | subject to section 41(4), any action where the radioactivity concentrations of individual radioactive nuclides, or the total radioactivity content, are below the exclusion levels provided for in the safety standards contemplated in section 36; |
| (c) | Group IV hazardous substances as defined in section 1 of the Hazardous Substances Act, 1973 (Act No. 15 of 1973); |
| (d) | exposure to ionizing radiation emitted from equipment, declared to be a I Group III hazardous substance in terms of section 2(1)(b) of the Hazardous Substances Act, 1973. |
| (3) | For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may, after consultation with the board and by notice in the Gazette, declare any facility, installation, plant or structure, including a mine or ore-processing facility, to be a nuclear installation. |