Radiological Protection Act
(RPA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall des­ig­nate the su­per­vis­ory au­thor­it­ies.

² The su­per­vis­ory au­thor­ity shall is­sue the ne­ces­sary de­crees. If ne­ces­sary, it may take pro­tect­ive meas­ures at the ex­pense of the party re­spons­ible. In par­tic­u­lar, it may or­der the dis­con­tinu­ation of op­er­a­tions or the seizure of dan­ger­ous sub­stances, equip­ment or art­icles.

³ It may en­gage third parties for the im­ple­ment­a­tion of in­spec­tions. Their re­spons­ib­il­it­ies un­der crim­in­al and prop­erty law are defined by the Gov­ern­ment Li­ab­il­ity Act of 14 March 1958²³; with re­gard to du­ties of con­fid­en­ti­al­ity and testi­mony, they are bound by the reg­u­la­tions ap­plic­able for fed­er­al of­fi­cials.