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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ACT, 2000 
                                              (ACT 588)</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></b></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART I&#8212;ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1. Establishment </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. Terms of office</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART II&#8212;FUNCTIONS OF THE 
                                              COMMISSION</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. Functions of the Commission</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              4. Committees of the Commission</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              5. Meetings of the Commission</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;FINANCIAL PROVISIONS</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              6. Funds</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              7. Accounts and Audit </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              8. Annual Reports</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &nbsp;PART IV&#8212;ADMINISTRATION</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              9. Director-General </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              10. Other staff</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              11. Institutes</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              12. Exemptions from Taxation
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                                              13. Acquisition of land </span>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              14. Regulations</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              15. Interpretation</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              16. Repeal</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              17. Transitional Provisions</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700">
                                              THE FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT</span></p>
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                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ACT, 
                                              2000</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to amend and consolidate 
                                              the law relating to the 
                                              establishment of the Atomic Energy 
                                              Commission and for related 
                                              matters.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 27th November, 
                                              2000</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ENACTED by the President and 
                                              Parliament</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART I&#8212;ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 1&#8212;Establishment</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) There is hereby established a 
                                              commission to be known as the 
                                              Atomic Energy Commission 
                                              consisting of:</span></p>
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                                              (a) a chairman,</span></p>
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                                              (b) the Director-General of the 
                                              Commission, and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) five other members,</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              all of whom, other than the 
                                              Director-General, shall be 
                                              appointed by the President acting 
                                              in consultation with the Council 
                                              of State.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A person shall not be 
                                              appointed a member of the 
                                              Commission unless that person</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) is a citizen of Ghana, and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) has interest and experience in 
                                              nuclear sciences and engineering 
                                              or a reputable knowledge of 
                                              nuclear and its related sciences.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The Commission shall be a body 
                                              corporate with perpetual 
                                              succession and a common seal, may 
                                              sue and be sued in its corporate 
                                              name and subject to this Act, 
                                              shall otherwise have all the 
                                              attributes of a body corporate in 
                                              respect of</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the right to acquire and hold 
                                              real or personal property for the 
                                              purposes of the Commission;</span></p>
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                                              (b) the right to regulate its own 
                                              procedure;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the investment of the funds of 
                                              the Commission including the funds 
                                              in a pension scheme instituted by 
                                              the Commission for the benefit of 
                                              its employees in addition to any 
                                              other pension scheme under any 
                                              other enactment;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) the obtaining of loans, for 
                                              the purposes of the Commission 
                                              subject to the prior approval in 
                                              writing of the Minister 
                                              responsible for Finance.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 2&#8212;Terms of Office</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A member, other than the 
                                              Director-General,</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) shall hold office for a term 
                                              of five years, but is eligible for 
                                              re-appointment;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) may in writing addressed to 
                                              the President through the Minister 
                                              resign from office as a member.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The office of a member who is 
                                              absent without just cause from 
                                              three consecutive meetings of the 
                                              Commission shall become vacant.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where the office of a member 
                                              becomes vacant pursuant to 
                                              subsection (2), or by reason of 
                                              death or resignation, the 
                                              President shall, acting in 
                                              consultation with the Council of 
                                              State, appoint a person to fill 
                                              the vacancy that is created.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A member, other than the 
                                              Director-General, shall be paid 
                                              the allowances determined by the 
                                              Minister in consultation with the 
                                              Minister responsible for Finance.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART II&#8212;FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 3&#8212;Functions of the 
                                              Commission</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The functions of the 
                                              Commission are,</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) to make proposals to the 
                                              Government for legislation in the 
                                              field of nuclear radiation and 
                                              radioactive waste management;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to advise the Government on 
                                              questions relating to nuclear 
                                              energy, science and technology;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) to establish, for the purposes 
                                              of research and in furtherance of 
                                              its functions, Institutes of the 
                                              Commission and to exercise control 
                                              over the boards of management of 
                                              the Institutes;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) to encourage and promote the 
                                              commercialisation of research and 
                                              development results through its 
                                              Institutes;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) to supervise the carrying out 
                                              of all requirements designed to 
                                              secure the safety and health of 
                                              radiation workers and the 
                                              environment;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) to engage in research and 
                                              development activities, as well as 
                                              in the publication and 
                                              dissemination of research findings 
                                              and other useful technical 
                                              information;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) to oversee and facilitate the 
                                              development of human resources in 
                                              the fields of nuclear science and 
                                              technology, and to promote the 
                                              training of scientific, technical 
                                              and non-scientific personnel of 
                                              the Commission;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) to maintain relations with the 
                                              International Atomic Energy Agency 
                                              and other similar international 
                                              and national organisations, and to 
                                              collaborate and liaise with those 
                                              organisations on matters of 
                                              research and development of 
                                              nuclear energy and nuclear 
                                              technology;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              to collaborate with Universities 
                                              and Research Institutes for the 
                                              purposes of conducting research 
                                              into matters connected with the 
                                              peaceful uses of nuclear energy 
                                              and technology;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (j) to perform any other functions 
                                              determined by the Government.
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Commission shall ensure 
                                              that nuclear damage does not 
                                              result from</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) anything on premises occupied 
                                              by the Commission whether the 
                                              damage is suffered on the premises 
                                              or elsewhere; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) anything which is in the 
                                              course of carriage on its behalf 
                                              to or from the premises of the 
                                              Commission; or</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) waste discharged or released, 
                                              in whatever form, on or from the 
                                              premises of the Commission or any 
                                              other place.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The liability of the 
                                              Commission for nuclear damage 
                                              under paragraph (b) of subsection 
                                              (2) is subject to the terms of an 
                                              agreement relating to the 
                                              carriage.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A nuclear installation 
                                              operated under the supervision of 
                                              an Institute of the Commission 
                                              shall be deemed for all purposes 
                                              to be operated by the Commission 
                                              on the premises of the Commission.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 4&#8212;Committees of the 
                                              Commission </span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Commission may appoint 
                                              committees consisting of persons 
                                              who are, or are not members of the 
                                              Commission, to perform a function 
                                              of the Commission assigned to the 
                                              committee.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where a committee appointed 
                                              under subsection (1) is composed 
                                              of persons who are not members of 
                                              the Commission that committee 
                                              shall only act in an advisory 
                                              capacity.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5&#8212;Meetings of the 
                                              Commission</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Commission shall 
                                              ordinarily meet for the despatch 
                                              of business at the times and 
                                              venues determined by the chairman 
                                              but shall meet at least once every 
                                              three months.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The chairman shall, at the 
                                              request in writing of four 
                                              members, call an extraordinary 
                                              meeting.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The chairman shall preside at 
                                              meetings of the Commission and in 
                                              the absence of the chairman the 
                                              members present shall elect one of 
                                              their number to preside.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The quorum at a meeting of the 
                                              Commission shall be four or a 
                                              greater number determined by the 
                                              Commission in respect of an 
                                              important matter or question 
                                              relating to policy or finance.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Subject to subsection (4) 
                                              decisions at a meeting of the 
                                              Commission may be reached by a 
                                              simple majority of the members 
                                              present and voting; and where 
                                              there is a tie of votes the 
                                              chairman or the person presiding 
                                              shall have a second or casting 
                                              vote.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) The Commission may request the 
                                              attendance of a person who is not 
                                              a member to any of its meetings 
                                              but that person shall not vote on 
                                              a matter for decision before the 
                                              meeting.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) The Deputy Director-General 
                                              shall be in attendance at the 
                                              meetings of the Commission.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) Subject to this section, the 
                                              Commission shall determine and 
                                              regulate its own procedure.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (9) The Commission may cat 
                                              notwithstanding a vacancy among 
                                              its members or a defect in the 
                                              appointment or qualification of a 
                                              member.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;FINANCIAL PROVISIONS</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6&#8212;Funds </span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The funds of the Commission 
                                              include</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) funds provided by Parliament 
                                              for the Commission which are paid 
                                              directly out of the Consolidated 
                                              Fund of other moneys provided by 
                                              Parliament out of any other public 
                                              funds; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a loan granted to the 
                                              Commission by the Government or a 
                                              banking institution or by any 
                                              other person;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) moneys accruing to the 
                                              Commission in the course of the 
                                              performance of its functions; and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) donations and gifts made to 
                                              the Commission.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 7&#8212;Accounts and Audit</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Commission shall maintain 
                                              proper books of account and other 
                                              records in the form determined by 
                                              the Auditor-General.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Commission shall, not 
                                              later than three months after the 
                                              end of the financial year, submit 
                                              for audit to the Auditor-General, 
                                              its books and records of account.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Auditor-General shall, not 
                                              later than three months after the 
                                              submission under subsection (2), 
                                              audit the books and records of 
                                              account of the Commission, and 
                                              submit a copy of the report on the 
                                              accounts to the Minister who shall 
                                              lay the report before Parliament.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The Auditor-General may, with 
                                              the prior approval of the 
                                              Minister, issue instructions 
                                              regarding the conduct of the audit 
                                              or conduct a supplementary audit.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The financial year of the 
                                              Commission shall be the same as 
                                              the financial year of the 
                                              Government.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8&#8212;Annual Reports</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Commission shall, not 
                                              later than seven months after the 
                                              end of the financial year, submit 
                                              to the Minister an annual report 
                                              on the activities of the 
                                              Commission for that year which 
                                              shall include the 
                                              Auditor-General's report and the 
                                              report of a supplementary audit.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Minister shall lay the 
                                              annual report before Parliament.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART IV&#8212;ADMINISTRATION</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 9&#8212;Director-General</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A Director-General and a 
                                              Deputy Director-General shall be 
                                              appointed by the Commission in 
                                              accordance with clause (3) of 
                                              article 195 of the Constitution.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Director-General shall, 
                                              subject to the directions of the 
                                              Commission on matters of policy, 
                                              be the chief executive officer of 
                                              the Commission and shall perform 
                                              any other functions as directed, 
                                              and in particular, the 
                                              Director-General shall be 
                                              responsible for the effective 
                                              co-ordination of research, 
                                              scientific and technical matters 
                                              of the Commission.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Deputy Director-General 
                                              shall perform the functions 
                                              assigned by the Director-General.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 10&#8212;Other Staff</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A secretary to the Commission 
                                              shall be appointed by the 
                                              Commission in accordance with 
                                              clause (3) of article 195 of the 
                                              Constitution.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Commission may employ 
                                              other officers and employees 
                                              necessary for the proper and 
                                              efficient performance of its 
                                              functions.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The terms and conditions of 
                                              service of a person employed by 
                                              the Commission shall be as 
                                              approved by the Commission.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) An employee of the Commission 
                                              established under the Atomic 
                                              Energy Commission Act, 1963 (Act 
                                              204) shall, on the coming into 
                                              operation of this Act, so far as 
                                              may be practicable and subject to 
                                              directions by the President, 
                                              continue as an employee of the 
                                              Commission in a post comparable to 
                                              that which the employee held with 
                                              the former Commission.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 11&#8212;Institutes</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Commission may set up 
                                              Institutes it considers necessary 
                                              for the performance of its 
                                              functions.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) An Institute shall have a 
                                              management board consisting of</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) a chairman,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the Director of the Institute, 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) five other members who are 
                                              persons with the requisite 
                                              knowledge or expertise in the 
                                              matters for which the Institute is 
                                              set up.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Director of an Institute 
                                              is responsible for the scientific, 
                                              technical and day to day 
                                              administration of the Institute.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Directors and Deputy Directors 
                                              of Institutes shall be appointed 
                                              by the Commission.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) A Director or a 
                                              Deputy-Director shall hold office 
                                              for a term as determined by the 
                                              Commission.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12&#8212;Exemption from Taxation</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Subject to clause (2) of article 
                                              174 of the Constitution, the 
                                              Minister responsible for Finance 
                                              may, in writing, exempt the 
                                              Commission from the payment of 
                                              income tax and from other direct 
                                              taxation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13&#8212;Acquisition of Land</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Commission may, subject to 
                                              article 20 of the Constitution, 
                                              make recommendations to the 
                                              Minister for the compulsory 
                                              acquisition of land or other 
                                              property.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Moneys due to a person by way 
                                              of compensation for property 
                                              acquired in pursuance of 
                                              subsection (1) shall be paid out 
                                              of the funds of the Commission.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 14&#8212;Regulations</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister may, on the 
                                              recommendations of the Commission, 
                                              by legislative instrument, make 
                                              Regulations for the purpose of:</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) securing the safe operation of 
                                              a nuclear installation under the 
                                              supervision of the Commission and 
                                              by any other organisation;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) securing the safe transport of 
                                              nuclear fuel, radioactive products 
                                              or waste;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) regulating and controlling the 
                                              collection, segregation, 
                                              treatment, conditioning, storage 
                                              and disposal of radioactive waste 
                                              generated in facilities of the 
                                              Commission and in the mining, 
                                              milling, gas production and other 
                                              uses of radioactive materials and 
                                              sources;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) securing the maintenance of 
                                              efficient systems for personnel 
                                              and environmental monitoring and 
                                              for medical surveillance and 
                                              treatment of radiation related 
                                              sickness;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e)&nbsp; harmonising the interests of 
                                              state agencies concerned with the 
                                              utilisation of radiation;&nbsp; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) ensuring that operations 
                                              relating to irradiating devices 
                                              and radioactive materials are 
                                              carried out without risk to public 
                                              health and safety and that 
                                              devices, plants, installations and 
                                              facilities are designed, 
                                              constructed, calibrated and 
                                              operated in accordance with 
                                              standards prescribed by the 
                                              Minister.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15&#8212;Interpretation</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act, unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;chairman&quot; means the chairman of 
                                              the Commission; </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Commission&quot; means the Commission 
                                              established under section 1;
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;financial year&quot; means as respects 
                                              the first financial year of the 
                                              Commission, the period from the 
                                              commencement of this Act to the 
                                              end of the financial year as 
                                              determined by the Government;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;functions&quot; includes powers and 
                                              duties;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Institute&quot; includes a Centre, 
                                              Unit and a Project of the 
                                              Commission;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;member&quot; means a member of the 
                                              Commission;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              responsible for nuclear energy;
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;nuclear damage&quot; means the death 
                                              of, or injury to, a person or loss 
                                              of or damage to property which 
                                              results from the radioactive 
                                              properties, or from a combination 
                                              of those properties with toxic, 
                                              explosive or other hazardous 
                                              properties, or nuclear fuel or 
                                              radioactive products or waste;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;nuclear energy&quot; means energy 
                                              released during transformation of 
                                              nuclide;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;nuclear fuel&quot; means material 
                                              which is capable of producing 
                                              energy by self-sustaining process 
                                              of nuclear fission;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;nuclear installation means</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) an installation, other than a 
                                              nuclear reactor installed in a 
                                              means of transport as a source of 
                                              power, which contains nuclear fuel 
                                              so arranged that a self-sustained 
                                              chain process of nuclear fission 
                                              can occur in the installation 
                                              without an additional source of 
                                              neutrons;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) any other installation in 
                                              which nuclear fuel, other than 
                                              natural or depleted uranium or a 
                                              radioactive product or waste, is 
                                              produced, used, processed or 
                                              stored;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;radioactive product&quot; means a 
                                              material produced in, or a 
                                              material made radioactive by 
                                              exposure to the radiation 
                                              incidental to, the process of 
                                              producing or utilising nuclear 
                                              fuel;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;University&quot; includes the 
                                              University of Ghana, the Kwame 
                                              Nkrumah University of Science and 
                                              Technology, the University of Cape 
                                              Coast and any other University 
                                              established by law;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;waste&quot; means radioactive products 
                                              that constitute scrap materials or 
                                              an effluent or other unwanted 
                                              surplus substance.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16&#8212;Repeal</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Atomic Energy Commission 
                                              Act, 1963 (Act 204), as amended by 
                                              the Atomic Energy Commission Act, 
                                              1963 (Amendment) Decree, 1966 (N. 
                                              L. C. D 114), the Atomic Energy 
                                              Commission (Amendment) Decree, 
                                              1974 (N.R.C.D. 296) and the Atomic 
                                              Energy Commission (Amendment) Law, 
                                              1993 (P.N.D.C.L. 308), is hereby 
                                              repealed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of 
                                              the Act specified in subsection 
                                              (1), subsidiary legislation made 
                                              under that Act and in force on the 
                                              coming into force of this Act 
                                              shall continue in force until 
                                              Regulations are made under section 
                                              13.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17&#8212;Transitional Provisions</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The assets and liabilities of, 
                                              and property vested in, the 
                                              Commission established under the 
                                              Atomic Energy Commission Act, 1963 
                                              (Act 204) immediately before the 
                                              coming into force of this Act 
                                              shall, without further assurance 
                                              than this subsection, vest in the 
                                              Commission; and accordingly 
                                              proceedings taken by or against 
                                              the former Commission may be 
                                              continued by or against the 
                                              Commission.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A contract subsisting between 
                                              the Commission established under 
                                              the Atomic Energy Commission Act 
                                              1963 (Act 204) and any other 
                                              person in force immediately before 
                                              the coming into force of this Act 
                                              shall, subject to directions by 
                                              the President, subsist between the 
                                              Commission established under this 
                                              Act and that other person.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 8th 
                                              December, 2000.</span></td>
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