(1) No person shall, without a licence -
(a) establish a radiation installation for siting, design, construction, commissioning and operation; and
(b) decommission a radiation installation.
(2) No person shall handle any radioactive material, or operate any radiation generating equipment except in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence.
(3) A licence shall be issued for sources and practices associated with the operation of -
(i) nuclear fuel cycle facilities;
(ii) land based high intensity gamma irradiators other than gamma irradiation chambers;
(iii) particle accelerators used for research and industrial applications;
(iv) neutron generators;
(v) facilities engaged in the commercial production of radioactive material or radiation generating equipment;
(vi) telegamma and accelerators used in radiotherapy;
(vii) computed tomography (CT) unit;
(viii) interventional radiological x-ray unit;
(ix) industrial radiography; and
(x) such other source or practice as may be notified by the competent authority, from time to time.
Provided that for sources and practices associated with the operation of -
(i) brachytherapy;
(ii) deep x-ray units, superficial and contact therapy x-ray units;
(iii) gamma irradiation chambers;
(iv) nuclear medicine facilities;
(v) facilities engaged in the commercial production of nucleonic gauges and consumer products containing radioactive material; and
(vi) such other source or practice as may be notified by the competent authority, from time to time;
an authorisation shall be necessary.
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Provided further that for sources and practices associated with the operation of -
(i) medical diagnostic x-ray equipment including therapy simulator;
(ii) analytical x-ray equipment used for research;
(iii) nucleonic gauges;
(iv) RIA laboratories;
(v) radioactive sources in tracer studies;
(vi) biomedical research using radioactive material; and
(vii) such other source or practice as may be notified by the competent authority, from time to time;
a registration shall be necessary.
Provided also that for -
(i) approval for siting, design, construction, commissioning and decommissioning of a radiation installation;
(ii) approval for sealed sources, radiation generating equipment and equipment containing radioactive sources, for the purposes of manufacture and supply;
(iii) approval for package design for transport of radioactive material;
(iv) approval for shipment approval for radioactive consignments; and
(v) such other source or practice as may be notified by the competent authority, from time to time;
consent shall be necessary.
(4) The licence shall not be transferable without the prior approval of the competent authority.
4. Fees for licence: The competent authority may prescribe by notification in the Official Gazette, appropriate fees payable for issuance of licence specified in these rules.