Vol. 141, No. 26 — December 26, 2007

Registration
SOR/2007-282 December 10, 2007

NUCLEAR SAFETY AND CONTROL ACT

Directive to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Regarding the Health of Canadians

P.C. 2007-1892 December 10, 2007

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources, pursuant to subsection 19(1) of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act (see footnote a), hereby makes the annexed Directive to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Regarding the Health of Canadians.

DIRECTIVE TO THE CANADIAN NUCLEAR
SAFETYCOMMISSION REGARDING
THE HEALTH OF CANADIANS

1. In regulating the production, possession and use of nuclear substances in order to prevent unreasonable risk to the health of persons, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission shall take into account the health of Canadians who, for medical purposes, depend on nuclear substances produced by nuclear reactors.

2. This Directive comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Directive.)

The Directive directs the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to take into account the health of Canadians in regulating the production, possession and use of nuclear substances. It is necessary to protect the health of Canadians at a time when a serious shortage of medical isotopes in Canada and around the world puts the health of Canadians at risk.

Footnote a

S.C. 1997, c. 9

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