Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 (Act No. 46 of 1999)

Chapter I Introductory Provisions

2. Declarations, determinations and exemptions relating to material, substances, equipment and premises, etc
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The Minister, by notice in the Gazette, may-

a)declare any substance with a degree of purity as specified in the notice, to be restricted material for the purposes of this Act;
b)declare any substance containing uranium or thorium with concentration and mass limits higher than those specified in the notice, to be source material for the purposes of this Act;
c)declare any of the following with concentration and mass levels higher than those specified in the notice, to be special nuclear material for the purposes of this Act, namely-
i)plutonium-239;
ii)uranium-233;
iii)uranium enriched in its 235 or 233 isotope;
iv)transuranium elements; or
v)any composition of any of the materials referred to in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), or any composition of those materials and any other substance or substances;
d)declare any facility, installation, plant or structure designed or adapted for or involved with any process within the nuclear fuel cycle involving radioactive material, to be a nuclear installation for the purposes of this Act;
e)exempt any radioactive material from the provisions of this Act;
f)for the purposes of this Act, declare equipment and material specially designed or prepared for the processing, use or production of nuclear material, to be nuclear-related equipment and material;
g)determine the levels of specific activity and total activity of radioactive material below which the provisions of this Act do not apply.