Section 16: Registration of premises

(1) An application for registration under this Act shall be made to the Authority specifying-
(a) the premises to which the application relates;
(b) the undertaking for the purposes of which those premises are used;
(c) the description of the source of ionizing radiation proposed to be kept or used in the premises and the maximum quantity of nuclear material or source of ionizing radiation, the strength and the output of the source to be kept or used thereon at any time;
(d) the manner in which the source of ionizing radiation is proposed to be used in the premises; and
(e) such other information as may be prescribed by the Authority.
(2) On receipt of an application under subsection (1) of this section, the Director of the relevant Department or any other officer directed by him shall inspect the premises to which the application relates and carry out such other investigations as will assist the Authority in arriving at a decision in the matter.
(3) Subject to the following provisions of this section, where an application is made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section the Authority may-
(a) register the applicant in respect of those premises and in respect of the keeping and use thereon of the nuclear material or source of ionizing radiation of the description to which the application relates; or
(b) or if the application relates to two or more sources of ionizing radiation, register the applicant in respect of the keeping and use thereon of such one or more sources of ionizing radiation as may be specified in the registration; or
(c) refuse the application, stating the reason for refusal.
(4) Any registration under this section in respect of any premises may be effected, subject to such limitations or conditions as the Authority thinks fit, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of this subsection, may be effected, subject to the following conditions, that is to say-
(a) imposing requirements (including requirements involving structural or other alterations) in respect of any apparatus, equipment or appliance used thereon for the purpose of any use of nuclear material, radioactive substances or a source of ionizing radiation from which radioactive waste is likely to arise;
(b) requiring the person to whom the registration relates, at such times and in such manner as may be specified in the registration, to furnish the Authority with information as to the removal of nuclear material, radioactive substances or sources of ionizing radiation from those premises to any other premises; and
(c) prohibiting nuclear material, prescribed and radioactive substances or any sources of ionizing radiation from being sold or otherwise supplied from those premises, unless it or the container in which it is supplied bears a label or other mark indicating that it is such a radiation source, or nuclear material and describing the class or category to which it belongs, and in either case complying with any requirements specified in the conditions in relation thereto.
(5) On registering a person under this section in respect of any premises, the Authority shall furnish him with a certificate containing all material particulars of the registration and shall send a copy of the certificate to the Ministry of Health of the State in whose area the premises are situated.