Cap. 585 чл. 16Authorization.

(1) No activity shall be introduced, implemented, ceased or stopped, and no source shall be designed, produced, built or assembled, purchased, imported or exported, distributed, sold, borrowed or leased, possessed, located, put in operation, used or operated, maintained or repaired, transferred, transported or decommissioned, disassembled, stored or finally disposed, if not in line with relevant provisions on safety of radiation sources and, or other requirements established by this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-article (1), the prohibition of action shall be in effect until radiation exposure, or non-ionising emittance from such an operation or source, is excluded from the contents of the relevant regulation, or until the Secretariat excludes such an operation or source from the regulatory control, including notification and authorization requests.

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-articles (1) and (2), it shall be unlawful to possess a radiation source or perform a practice involving an ionising radiation source without an authorization from the Secretariat.

(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-article (2) it shall be unlawful to possess a non-ionising radiation source as specified by the Commission by virtue of article 4(5) or perform a practice involving such sources without an authorization from the Secretariat:

Provided that the Secretariat may issue staged authorizations. In such cases, before the issuance of a staged authorization, each preceding and completed stage shall be subject to full review and assessment.