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8 “radioactive material” means any article containing a radioactive substance giving it a specific or total radioactivity exceeding the prescribed level, and includes any article containing any nuclear material;

“radioactive substance” means a radionuclide or mixture of radionuclides, either alone or in chemical combination with other elements;

“radioactive waste” means any waste which consists wholly or partly of—
 * (a) the substance or article which, if it were not waste, would be radioactive material; or
 * (b) a substance or an article which has been contaminated in the course of the production, keeping or use of radioactive material or by contact with, or proximity to other waste falling within paragraph (a);

“radionuclide” means an isotope of any element which spontaneously emits any ionising radiation;

“registered medical practitioner” means any person who is registered or deemed to be registered as a medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174);

“Safeguards Agreement” means the Agreement between Singapore and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons signed on 18th October 1977, and includes—
 * (a) that Agreement as amended from time to time;
 * (b) the protocol thereto signed on 18th October 1977, as amended from time to time; and
 * (c) the protocol additional to that Agreement for the application of safeguards, signed at Vienna on 22nd September 2005;

“sell” includes—
 * (a) supplying or otherwise dealing in or disposing of, whether by way of sale, loan or gift;