Code of Practice for Irradiating Apparatus: ORS C10

The Code of Practice for Irradiating Apparatus: ORS C10 2020 (ORS C10 2020) is currently in force. The code of practice came into force on 31 July 2020 and was issued under section 86 of the Radiation Safety Act 2016 (the Act).

ORS C10 2020 supersedes two codes of safe practice on X-ray security inspection (CSP 16) and X-ray analysis (CSP 17). Specific requirements for each type of equipment and training are set out as appendices in ORS C10 2020.

In 2025, ORS C10 2020 was reviewed under section 90 of the Act. The review findings and proposed next steps can be found at Consultation on the Code of Practice for Irradiating Apparatus: ORS C10 2020.

ORS C10 2020 sets out the technical requirements that a person must comply with in order to comply with the fundamental requirements set out in sections 9 to 12 of the Act.

The code of practice applies to any person who deals with irradiating apparatus that is within the scope of the code of practice. The scope of ORS C10 2020 is set out in the code of practice. To ‘deal with’ irradiating apparatus that is within the scope of ORS C10 2020 means to: manufacture, possess, control, manage, use, store, export, import, sell, supply, or dispose of irradiating appartus, or to carry out any other activity or practice involving irradiating apparatus.

ORS C10 2020 has a general application that includes radiation practices involving irradiating apparatus that are not explicitly included in the scope of other codes of practice. The code of practice applies to radiation practices such as: analysis of structures, identification and quantification of elements in materials, inspection of bags, mail, containers, inspection of food items for foreign objects, and cargo container inspection involving linear accelerators.