Review of Radiation Safety Fees and Regulations

Overview

The Review of Radiation Safety Fees and Regulations sets out proposals to amend the Radiation Safety Regulations 2016 (the Regulations), including significant increases to application fees for radiation safety authorisations, minor amendments to existing exemptions and setting out the fees payable in a simple format.

This consultation is designed to provide sufficient information and time for people who are affected by the Regulations to make an informed contribution to proposals to amend the Regulations. 

The proposed amendments are set out in the consultation document. 

• Review of Radiation Safety Regulations 2016 - a consultation document (Word, 367 KB)
• Review of Radiation Safety Regulations 2016 - a consultation document (PDF, 461 KB)

A significant increase is proposed to the application fees payable for the authorisations (licences and consents) required by the Radiation Safety Act 2016 (the Act).  The Ministry of Health has reviewed the current fees and found that they significantly under-recover the costs of administering the Act.  The consultation document provides a report on the fees review, including an outline of the costs.  The proposed new fees aim to achieve full-cost recovery.  An independent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers New Zealand on the method for calculating the new fees is also provided to assist submitters. 

• Download the ORS Model testing report (PDF, 332 KB)

Minor amendments are proposed to a number of existing exemptions set out in the Regulations.  The most significant proposal would require some currently exempt, very low-risk, irradiating apparatus to be registered with the Ministry of Health (and for their owners to keep maintenance and other records).  This proposal aims to improve safety. 

No amendments are proposed to the overall fees structure or the way that fees are determined.  However, there are minor amendments proposed to compliance monitoring categories to  improve the grading of the fees structure.  This proposal aims to improve the proportionality of fees.

The consultation document also proposes to set out the fees payable (where possible) in table format to make the Regulations easier to use. 

How to provide feedback

You can provide feedback in one of two ways.

1. Use this online tool. This is our preferred way for you to provide feedback.

You can answer all of the questions or just a few.

Note: With the online tool, you can complete your submission over a number of sessions and save it as you go. If you select ‘Save and come back later’, you will receive an email with a unique link that will let you return to edit and submit your response. You can share this link with your colleagues if you need them to contribute to or review the submission. Once you have completed and submitted your submission, you will be sent a pdf copy for your records.

2. Send an electronic submission to RadiationSafetyFees&Regs@health.govt.nz using our downloadable Microsoft Word template.

• Consultation submission template (Word, 37 KB)
• Consultation submission template (PDF, 120 KB)

If you have any issues with the template, please email us at RadiationSafetyFees&Regs@health.govt.nz.

The closing date for submissions is 12pm, Friday 29 April, 2022.

Note that your submission may be requested under the Official Information Act 1982. If this happens, the Ministry of Health will normally release your submission to the person who asks for it. If you consider there are good reasons to withhold it, please clearly indicate these in your submission.
We appreciate you taking the time to make a submission.