Cap. 585 Art. 19Enforcement.

(1) The Secretariat shall have the authority to conduct announced and unannounced inspections and to carry out any other such examination as may be necessary to verify compliance with the provisions of this Act, applicable regulations and any applicable conditions of licences or authorizations.

(2) For cases representing an immediate safety or security hazard to people or the environment, the Secretariat may require the person or entity subject to enforcement action to suspend its activities, or parts thereof until the situation has been corrected. In such cases, the Secretariat may also suspend, revoke or modify the terms and conditions of the licence or authorization.

(3) In cases of persistent or extremely serious non-compliance with or violation of the terms and conditions of an authorization or a licence or in cases of significant release of radioactive material into the environment, the Secretariat may revoke the authorization or licence and require the licensee to remedy any unsafe condition.

(4) No person may threaten, insult, molest or disturb inspectors in the performance of their duties, or knowingly give an officer false information, or break or tamper with any seal made, or with any monitoring equipment installed, put up or left by an officer in a work place or, in the case of personal monitoring equipment, on a worker.