Radiological Protection Act
(RPA)

¹ Un­less the Fed­er­al Coun­cil as­signs re­spons­ib­il­ity for im­ple­ment­a­tion to the fed­er­al au­thor­it­ies, the can­tons and com­munes shall be re­spons­ible for the pre­par­a­tion and ex­e­cu­tion of meas­ures in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 20. The can­tons shall col­lab­or­ate with the emer­gency re­sponse or­gan­iz­a­tion.

² If the can­ton­al or com­mun­al bod­ies re­spons­ible for im­ple­ment­a­tion are not in a po­s­i­tion to ful­fil their func­tions, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may place them un­der the au­thor­ity of the emer­gency re­sponse or­gan­iz­a­tion or in­struct oth­er can­tons to put avail­able re­sources at their dis­pos­al.

³ The Con­fed­er­a­tion, can­tons and com­munes may also en­gage private or­gan­iz­a­tions for the im­ple­ment­a­tion of cer­tain meas­ures.