Western Australian Current Acts

RADIATION SAFETY ACT 1975 - SECT 41A

41A .         Restriction on authorisation of storage, transportation or disposal of nuclear waste

        (1)         In this section —

        authorisation means a licence, registration, exemption, disposal permit or temporary permit under this Act;

        nuclear waste has the meaning given to it by section 3 of the Nuclear Waste Storage and Transportation (Prohibition) Act 1999 .

        (2)         Despite anything in this Part, an authorisation relating to nuclear waste is not to be granted or effected unless both Houses of Parliament by resolution consent to the authorisation being granted or effected, and then only on such terms and conditions as are specified in the resolution.

        [Section 41A inserted: No. 54 of 1999 s. 10(2); amended: No. 2 of 2004 s. 14(2).]