It also serves as the executive arm of the Radiation Board, which is the statutory authority set up under the Radiation Ordinance (Cap.303), to control the import, export, sale, possession and use of radioactive substances and irradiating apparatus.

• 该部也为根据《辐射条例》(第303章)成立的辐射管理局执行发牌工作，管制放射性物质和辐照仪器的进口、出口、销售、管有和使用。