Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Nuclear Energy Act, 1999 (Act No. 46 of 1999)Chapter I Introductory Provisions2. Declarations, determinations and exemptions relating to material, substances, equipment and premises, etc |
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. |
