Requirement to hold a licence
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5.—(1) A person must hold a valid licence issued by the Licensing Authority if that person—
(a)is an employer, in which case that person must hold a licence in respect of each radiological installation at which radioactive substances are to be administered for such purposes as may be specified in that licence; or
(b)is a practitioner, in which case that person must hold a licence in order to justify, within the meaning of regulation 11 an exposure involving the administration of radioactive substances for such purposes as may be specified in that licence.
(2) In this regulation, “purpose” when describing the purpose for which a licence is issued, means diagnosis, treatment or research.