Measure
Prohibition of certain actions without authorisation, licence and registration
| Type | Class | Valid From | Valid To |
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| Prohibited Goods | Goods | 16/05/2005 | |
| Summary: No person may possess, import, export, or transport any radiation source or nuclear material unless explicitly authorized by a license. Additionally, no one may instruct or permit others to perform these activities on their behalf without such authorization. |
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| Description: 16. (1) Except when such activity is explicitly authorized by a license, no person may- (a) possess any radiation source or nuclear material; (b) possess any radiation source or nuclear material; import into or export from Namibia any radiation source or nuclear material or transport any radiation source or nuclear material or instruct, require or permit any person employed by him or her, or acting on his or her behalf so to import, export or transport a radiation source or nuclear material; |
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Commodities Affected by the Measure
Procedures Implementing the Measure
| 1 Procedure for Registering Atomic Energy and Radiation Products | |||
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| Activity | Outcome | Valid For | Single Use |
| Import | (1) The following classes of licence may be granted – (a) licences for the use of sources to search persons, or to detect the presence of any object or substance in the possession of a person for security or other similar purposes; No. 4835 Government Gazette 18 November 2011 11 (b) licences for the use by persons practising any health profession of x-rays to obtain images for diagnostic purposes; (c) licences for the use by persons practising any health profession of gamma rays or radionuclides to obtain images for diagnostic purposes; (d) licences for the use by persons practising any health profession of radionuclides, x-rays, or gamma rays for therapeutic purposes; (e) licences for the use of sealed sources for the purposes of density measurement, level detection, thickness control, moisture measurement and control, the examination of the quality of a component or product, and other similar industrial activities; (f) licencesfor minesthat produce mineralsthat contain radioactive materials or nuclear material; ( | 30 Days | No |
| 2 Procedure for Application for a Licence of Atomic Energy and Radiation Products | |||
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| Activity | Outcome | Valid For | Single Use |
| Import | he Director-General must, when granting or refusing an application for a licence or for a renewal of a licence, take into consideration, as far as is adequate for the practice applied for . | 90 Days | No |
Legal Documents Related to the Measure
| Name | Type | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Atomic Energy and Radiation Protection Act, 2005. | Act | Import/Export |