Print Options

The Authority may, for purposes of section 5, exercise the following powers:

(a) define the exposures that are excluded from the scope of application of this Act;

(b) establish the process for removal of a facility or activity from regulatory control;

(c) impose an administrative penalty on an authorized person including a prohibition or confiscation of the nuclear and radioactive material or equipment and its source, for noncompliance with this Act and any Regulations;

(d) levy fees for authorization;

(e) collaborate with the Ministries responsible for National Security and the Interior in determining what constitutes a domestic threat for the variety of nuclear and radioactive materials used within the country and assess the Republic’s vulnerability to each threat;

(f) establish in collaboration with the Ghana Immigration Service and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, a control system for the import and export of nuclear material, radioactive sources and other controlled items;

(g) establish and maintain a national system for registering, authorization, and accounting for nuclear materials and radiation sources;

(h) establish appropriate mechanisms for stakeholder participation in the regulatory process;

(i) set conditions for issuing authorization and issue, amend, suspend or revoke an authorization;

(j) grant exemptions concerning the possession and use of radiation sources, and the safe management of radioactive materials;

(k) conduct inspections to assess compliance with safeguard conditions and radiation safety and security conditions, imposed by the Authority on an authorized person;

(l) establish a system for tracking inventories and movement of nuclear material; and

(m) establish procedures for reporting to the International Atomic Energy Agency in accordance with section 56.