Nuclear Safety and Control Act (S.C. 1997, c. 9)

Marginal note:Renewal, etc.

25. The Commission may, on its own motion, renew, suspend in whole or in part, amend, revoke or replace a licence under the prescribed conditions.

Marginal note:Prohibitions

26. Subject to the regulations, no person shall, except in accordance with a licence,

• (a) possess, transfer, import, export, use or abandon a nuclear substance, prescribed equipment or prescribed information;

• (b) mine, produce, refine, convert, enrich, process, reprocess, package, transport, manage, store or dispose of a nuclear substance;

• (c) produce or service prescribed equipment;

• (d) operate a dosimetry service for the purposes of this Act;

• (e) prepare a site for, construct, operate, modify, decommission or abandon a nuclear facility; or

• (f) construct, operate, decommission or abandon a nuclear-powered vehicle or bring a nuclear-powered vehicle into Canada.

Marginal note:Records and reports

27. Every licensee and every prescribed person shall

• (a) keep the prescribed records, including a record of the dose of radiation received by or committed to each person who performs duties in connection with any activity that is authorized by this Act or who is present at a place where that activity is carried on, retain those records for the prescribed time and disclose them under the prescribed circumstances; and

• (b) make the prescribed reports and file them in the prescribed manner, including a report on

  • (i) any theft or loss of a nuclear substance, prescribed equipment or prescribed information that is used in carrying on any activity that is authorized by this Act, and

  • (ii) any contravention of this Act in relation to an activity that is authorized by this Act and any measure that has been taken in respect of the contravention.

Marginal note:Designation of analysts

28. The Commission may designate as an analyst for the purposes of this Act any person whom the Commission considers qualified.

Marginal note:Designation of inspectors

• 29. (1) The Commission may designate as an inspector for the purposes of this Act any person whom the Commission considers qualified and any person so designated shall be provided with a certificate in the prescribed form certifying the person’s designation.

• Marginal note:Contents of certificate

  (2) The certificate must list any category of place or vehicle that the inspector has been designated to inspect, any condition that must be satisfied by the inspector in conducting an inspection and any restriction on the powers conferred on the inspector, and on entering or inspecting a place or vehicle the inspector shall, if requested, show the certificate to the person in charge of the place or vehicle.