View All - 2014 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances SRI LANKA ATOMIC ENERGYMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Act, No. 40 of 2014 and shall come in to operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette (hereinafter referred to as the "appointed date").2. Establishment of the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board .3. Objectives of the Board.4. Duties and functions of the Board.5. Powers of the Board. 6. Constitution of the Board. 7. Appointment of committees and experts. 8. Powers of the Minister to issue guidelines and directions. 9. Establishment of the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Regulatory Council. 10. Objectives of the Councils.11. Functions of the Council.12. Powers of the Council. 13. General principles to be adhered to by the Council.14. Constitution of the Council.15. Appointment of Inspectors. 16. Appointment of police officers to assist Authorized Inspectors.17. Appointment of Advisory Committees.18. Requirement to obtain a licence to conduct a practice.19. Council to exempt certain practices or any source within a practice from obtaining a licence.20. Notification to be forwarded of an intention to conduct a practice.21. Application for a licence.22. Processing of applications and the issue of licence.23. Conditions of the licence.24. Primary duty of the licencee.25. Reporting of over exposure and theft, etc.26. Compliance with requirements established for transport of redioactive material.27. Modification of a licence.28. Renewal of a licence.29. Council to be informed where a licence is not renewed.30. Effect of a failure to renew a licence.31. Grounds for the cancellation of a licence.32. Conducting a practice after the cancellation of a licence to be an offence.33. Causing seals to be affixed to any source, in the event of a cancellation.34. Suspension of a licence.35. Appeal against a suspension or a cancellation of a licence.36. Appointment of an Appeals Committee to hear an appeal.37. Secretary's determination on an appeal.38. Termination of a licence.39. Council to issue directives.40. Powers and duties of Authorized Inspectors.41. Power to direct the removal of sources.42. Categorization of radioactive sources.43. Protection of information contained in the national register on sources.44. Physical protection of categories of radioactive sources.45. Duty of licencee to inform the Council of any loss of a radioactive source.46. National strategy on orphan sources.47. Import and export of irradiating apparatus.48. Import or export of radioactive sources.49. Controlled items.50. Prohibition on export or import of controlled items without approval of the Council.51. Council to make rules for granting approval for the export and import of controlled items.52. Council's duty in regard to import and export of nuclear materials.53. Transfer of responsibility in international transfers of nuclear materials under Safeguards Agreement.54. National policy and strategy.55. Safety and security of radioactive waste.56. Import of radioactive waste.57. Export of radioactive waste.58. National Plan for nuclear or rediological emergencies.59. Trans boundary emergencies.60. Council to ensure due compliance of Safeguards Agreement.61. Nuclear activities to be exclusively for peaceful purposes.62. Prohibition on nuclear weapons and other explosive devices.63. Requirements for physical protection of nuclear material and other radioactive material.64. Physical protection, responsibilities of the licencee.65. International cooperation and assistance.66. Unlawful handling of radioactive material or nuclear material or a device containing radioactive material or nulear material to be an offence.67. Unlawful use of radioactive material or nuclear material or devices containing such material to be an offence.68. Using or damaging an irradiation Installation which cause a risk of release of radioactive material.69. Protection to be provided in activities relating to mining and processing operations.70. Meaning of the expression "relevant authority" used in this Part.71. Appointment of DirectorGeneral.72. Removal of the DirectorGeneral.73. Appointment of the staff of the relevant authority.74. Appointment of public officers to the staff of the relevant authority.75. Fund of the relevant authority.76. Audit of accounts of a relevant authority.77. Disclousure of interest in any contract made or proposed to be made by the relevant authority.78. Acquisition of land for a relevant authority.79. Protection of members and officers of the relevant authority from suit or prosecution.80. Offences and penalties.81. Offences committed by a body corporate or a partnership.82. Declaration of secrecy.83. Contravention of section 82 to be an offence.84. Officers and servants of the relevant authority deemed to be public servants.85. Relevant authority deemed to be a schedule institution for purposes of Bribery Act. 86. Regulations.87. Rules.88. Interpreation. 89. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency.90. Repeal of Act No. 19 of 1969 and saving provisions.91. Validation of licence issued under Act, No. 19 of 1969 and consequences.. Section -