This Act makes provision for the control of activities involving ionizing radiation and for this purpose establishes the Radiation Protection Board. The Radiation Protection Board shall, among other things: (a) advise the Minister on matters relating to radiation protection and radioactive waste disposal; (b) implement the provisions of this Act and Regulations made thereunder; (c) grant licences issued under this Act and impose any necessary conditions on a licence so granted; and (d) keep a register of the owners of irradiating devices, radioactive materials and other sources of ionizing radiation imported into or manufactured in Kenya and of premises licensed to dispose of radioactive waste. In principal, no person shall manufacture, possess, use, port, export or otherwise trade in any irradiating device or radioactive material except under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Act. A person who sells an irradiating device or radioactive material shall submit to the Board a notice of every sale in the prescribed manner. There shall be Chief Radiation Protection Officer who shall mainly have functions and powers relating to inspection. An applicant or licensee may appeal to the Minister against a decision of the Board.
Kenya · 1982-12-29