Cap. 585 Art. 2Scope.

(1) The scope of this Act is to:

(a) allow the beneficial and justified uses of ionising and non-ionising radiation;

(b) provide for adequate protection of people in current and future generations against the harmful effects of ionising radiation and for the safety of radiation sources;

(c) provide for the physical protection of nuclear material;

(d) provide a mechanism whereby these objectives are achieved through the establishment of a Radiation Protection Commission and its Secretariat hereinafter referred to as the "Commission" and "Secretariat", to act as the competent national authority in the field of nuclear safety and radiation protection.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-article (1), this Act shall apply to:

(a) the programmed safe management of radioactive waste;

(b) conditions for the security of the ionising radiation sources;

(c) the implementation of the requirements, including but not only, the enactments of any act or regulation, required to give effect to any treaty, convention or protocol related to the ionising radiation, nuclear safety and security related international legal instruments which the Government accedes and ratifies;

(d) equipment, articles and non-nuclear material specified for the reporting of exports and imports according to Article 2(a)(ix) of the Additional Protocol:

Provided that this Act shall not apply to activities or practices involving exposures that have been excluded from regulatory control.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of this article the aim of this Act is also to introduce preventive and protective measures of control of detrimental human exposure to non-ionising radiations against known or otherwise anticipated biological effects that have a detrimental effect on mental, physical and, or general well-being of exposed people, either in the short term or long term from any facility or equipment emitting such fields.