Radiation Protection ActCHAPTER 243Commencement Date: 11/1/1984An Act of Parliament to provide for the protection of the public and radiation workers from the dangers arising from the use of devices or material capable of producing ionizing radiation and for connected purposesShort title1. This Act may be cited as the Radiation Protection Act. Interpretation2.In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- "authorized person" means a medical practitioner who is a specialist in radiation medicine, a radiographer, a radio-physicist or any other person with special knowledge in safe handling of radiation sources; "Chief Radiation Protection Officer" means the officer appointed under section 13; "facility" means an assembly of devices, equipment, structures or natural features, whether simple or complex, which serves some specific purpose or performs some other function; "ionizing radiation" means gamma rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed ...