Malaysia legislation
Section 66
Section 66
Section 68 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by substituting for the words “prescribed substance, irradiating apparatus” wherever appearing the words
“radiation generator”;
(b)
by substituting for the words “, prescribed substance or irradiating apparatus” wherever appearing the words “or radiation generator”;
(c)
in the English language text, by substituting for the words
“, prescribed substances or irradiating apparatuses”
wherever appearing the words “or radiation generator”;
(d)
in subsection (1), by substituting for paragraph (a)
the following paragraph:
“(a) for controlling and regulating the activity of atomic energy;”;
(e)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
in paragraph (d), by substituting the words
“specified radioactive material, nuclear material or prescribed substance” wherever appearing the words
“specified radioactive material or nuclear material”;
(ii)
in paragraph (e), by substituting for the words
“irradiating apparatus” the words “radiation generator”;
(iii)
in paragraph (m)—
(A)
in the national language text, by substituting for the words “fee-fee” wherever appearing the word “fi”; and
(B)
by inserting after the word “licence” the words
“permit and test”;
(iv)
in paragraph (n), by substituting for the words
“providing for the regulation of appeals” the words
“prescribing matters relating to appeals”; and
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(v)
by inserting after paragraph (n) the following paragraphs:
“(na) prescribing qualifications and test for any worker;
(nb) prescribing the offences which may be compounded and the forms to be used and the method and procedure for compounding the offences under this Act;
(nc) prescribing the information required relating to safeguards;”; and
(f)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(3) The regulations made under subsections (1) and (2)
may prescribe an act or omission in contravention of the regulations to be an offence and may prescribe penalties of a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both for the offence.”.
New section 68a