Radiation Emitting Devices Act

Marginal note:Minister may dispose of a device with owner’s consent

• 12 (1) Where the Minister has custody of a radiation emitting device that was

  • (a) taken away for further examination under paragraph 8(1)(a) or (b),

  • (b) seized under subsection 10(1) but not forfeited under section 16, or

  • (c) voluntarily submitted to the Minister for evaluation or examination,

  the Minister may, with the consent of its owner, dispose of that device as the Minister sees fit.

• Marginal note:Where owner’s consent deemed to have been given

  (2) Where the Minister, by registered letter or by a demand served personally, requests the owner of a device referred to in subsection (1) to repossess that device and the owner fails to repossess it within thirty days of receipt of the request, the owner shall be thereupon deemed to have given the consent referred to in subsection (1).