Section 48: Interpretation

In this Act, unless the content otherwise requires-
"Agency" means the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure established under the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure Act;
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"Authorised Officer" includes qualified persons employed by the Authority to carry out specific functions for the purpose of this Act;
"Code of Practice" means a collection of instructions for the handling and use of nuclear materials, equipment and various sources of ionizing radiation formulated by the Authority;
"Contamination" in relation to a substance or article, is a reference to its being so affected by the absorption, admixture or adhesion of radioactive material or radioactive waste, as to become radioactive;
"Disposal" in relation to waste, includes the removal of deposit or the destruction thereof, the discharge thereof, whether into water or into the air or into a sewage or drain or otherwise or the burial thereof, whether underground or otherwise and "disposal" shall be construed accordingly;
"Premises" includes any land whether covered by building or not including any place underground and any land covered by water;
"Prescribed Date" means the date prescribed under section 47 (1) (a) of this Act for the coming into force of section 15 of this Act;
"Prescribed Substances" means materials which the Authority designates as being capable of releasing nuclear energy, or as being required for the production or use of nuclear energy and includes fissile, fertile and non-fissile materials such as heavy water;
"Radioactive Waste" means and consists wholly or partly of-
(a) a substance or article which if it were not waste would be regarded as a useful radioactive material or radiation source;
(b) a substance or article which has been contaminated in the course of the production,
storage or use of radioactive material or by contact with or proximity to other waste falling within the provisions of the Act;
"source of ionizing radiation" means any apparatus, equipment, appliance or any material which is capable of emitting ionizing radiation;
"substance" means any natural or artificial material whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour;
"waste" includes-
(a) substance which constitute scrap material or an effluent or other unwanted surplus substance arising from the application or any process and also includes any substance or article which is required to be disposed of as being broken, worn out, contaminated or otherwise spoilt;
(b) any substance or article which in the course of carrying on any process provided for in this Act, is discharged, discarded or otherwise dealt with as if it were waste, shall for the purposes of this Act, be presumed to be waste unless the contrary is proved.