New Zealand Legislation: Acts

5 Radiation Protection Advisory Council

• (1) There shall continue to be a Council to be known as the Radiation Protection Advisory Council.

  (2) The Council shall consist of—

  • (a) the Director-General:

  • (b) the Director of the National Radiation Laboratory of the Ministry of Health:

  • (c) [Repealed]

  • (d) two persons, each of whom shall be either a radiologist or a radiotherapist:

  • (e) a medical practitioner:

  • (f) two persons who by reason of academic or technical training have relevant knowledge of, or experience in, the use of ionising or non-ionising radiation, and of whom at least 1 is a qualified physicist.

  (3) The members of the Council specified in paragraphs (d) to (f) of subsection (2) of this section shall be appointed by the Minister.

  Section 5: substituted, on 6 November 1986, by section 2 of the Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 107).

  Section 5(2)(b): amended, on 1 July 1993, pursuant to section 38(3) of the Health Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 24).

  Section 5(2)(c): repealed, on 1 July 1992, by section 46(1) of the Crown Research Institute Act 1992 (1992 No 47).

  Section 5(2)(f): substituted, on 1 July 1992, by section 46(1) of the Crown Research Institute Act 1992 (1992 No 47).