New Zealand Legislation: Acts

12 Control of manufacture, etc, of radioactive materials

• (1) No person other than the Minister shall, except with the prior consent in writing of the Minister or in accordance with or as permitted by regulations made under this Act,—

  • (a) manufacture or otherwise produce; or

  • (b) sell; or

  • (c) bring or cause to be brought or sent into New Zealand; or

  • (d) take or send out of New Zealand; or

  • (e) store or transport—

  any radioactive material.

  (2) Any consent given by the Minister under this section may be expressed to be subject to such conditions and qualifications as the Minister may see fit to impose.

  (2A) Written notice of any conditions imposed in accordance with subsection (2) on any radioactive material which is also a hazardous substance (as defined in section 2 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996) must be given to the Environmental Protection Authority established by section 7 of the Environmental Protection Authority Act 2011.

  (3) For the purposes of this section, any radioactive material shall be deemed to have been brought into New Zealand when, in any manner whatsoever, it is brought or comes within the territorial limits of New Zealand from any place outside those limits.

  (4) For the purposes of this section, any radioactive material shall be deemed to have been sent out of New Zealand when it is placed upon any ship or aircraft for the purpose of being taken or carried to any place outside the territorial limits of New Zealand.

  Compare: 1949 No 42 s 10

  Section 12(2A): inserted, on 2 July 2001, by section 149 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (1996 No 30).

  Section 12(2A): amended, on 1 July 2011, by section 53(1) of the Environmental Protection Authority Act 2011 (2011 No 14).