Radioactive Substances Act 1993
Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (1993 c. 12)
- Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (1993 c. 12)
- Preliminary
- 1 Meaning of “radioactive material”.
- 1A Meaning of “radioactive material” and “radioactive waste”
- 1B NORM industrial activities
- 1C Processed radionuclides of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin
- 1D Radionuclides not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin
- 1DA. Dilution to reduce concentration of radioactivity: Northern Ireland
- 1E Radionuclides with a short half-life
- 1F Radionuclides not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin in background radioactivity
- 1G Contaminated substances or articles
- 1GA. Historic radium contamination: Northern Ireland
- 1H Substances or articles after disposal
- 1J Variation of tables in Schedule 1A
- 2 Meaning of “radioactive waste”.
- 3 Meaning of “mobile radioactive apparatus”.
- Inspectors and chief inspector
- 4 Inspectors and chief inspector appointed by Secretary of State.
- 5 Appointment of inspectors by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
- Registration relating to use of radioactive material and mobile radioactive apparatus
- 6 Prohibition of use of radioactive material without registration.
- 7 Registration of users of radioactive material.
- 8 Exemptions from registration under s. 7.
- 9 Prohibition of use of mobile radioactive apparatus without registration.
- 10 Registration of mobile radioactive apparatus.
- 11 Exemptions from registration under s. 10.
- 12 Cancellation and variation of registration.
- Authorisation of disposal and accumulation of radioactive waste
- 13 Disposal of radioactive waste.
- 14 Accumulation of radioactive waste.
- 14A. Radioactive waste: requirements to be imposed on persons authorised to dispose of and accumulate radioactive waste: Northern Ireland
- 15 Further exemptions from ss. 13 and 14.
- 16 Grant of authorisations.
- 16A Transfer of authorisations
- 17 Revocation and variation of authorisations.
- 17A Review of authorisations and inspection of premises authorised in this Act
- 18 Functions of public and local authorities in relation to authorisations under s. 13.
- Further obligations relating to registration or authorisation
- 19 Duty to display documents.
- 20 Retention and production of site or disposal records.
- Enforcement notices and prohibition notices
- 21 Enforcement notices.
- 22 Prohibition notices.
- Powers of Secretary of State in relation to applications etc.
- 23 Power of Secretary of State to give directions to chief inspector.
- 24 Power of Secretary of State to require certain applications to be determined by him.
- 25 Power of Secretary of State to restrict knowledge of applications etc.
- 25 Power of Secretary of State to restrict knowledge of applications etc.
- Appeals
- 26 Registrations, authorisations and notices: appeals from decisions of chief inspector.
- 27 Procedure on appeals unders. 26.
- 28 Representations in relation to authorisations and notices where appropriate Minister is concerned.
- Further powers of Secretary of State in relation to radioactive waste
- 29 Provision of facilities for disposal or accumulation of radioactive waste.
- 30 Power of Secretary of State to dispose of radioactive waste.
- 30A. Recovery and disposal of orphan sources
- Rights of entry
- 31 Rights of entry and inspection.
- Offences
- 32 Offences relating to registration or authorisation.
- 33 Offences relating to ss. 19 and 20.
- 34 Disclosure of trade secrets.
- 34A Offences of making false or misleading statements or false entries.
- 35 Obstruction.
- 36 Offences by bodies corporate.
- 37 Offence due to another’s fault.
- 38 Restriction on prosecutions.
- Public access to documents and records
- 39 Public access to documents and records.
- Operation of other statutory provisions
- 40 Radioactivity to be disregarded for purposes of certain statutory provisions.
- General
- 41 Service of documents.
- 42 Application of Act to Crown.
- 43 Fees and charges.
- 44 Regulations and orders: Great Britain.
- 45 Regulations and orders: Northern Ireland.
- 46 Effect of Act on other rights and duties.
- 47 General interpretation provisions.
- 48 Index of defined expressions.
- 49 Consequential amendments and transitional and transitory provisions.
- 50 Repeals.
- 51 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Specified elements
- SCHEDULE 1A Tables of NORM industrial activities, radionuclides and summation rules
- SCHEDULE 2 Exercise of rights of entry and inspection
- SCHEDULE 3 Enactments, other than local enactments, to which s. 40 applies
- Part I England and Wales
- Part II Scotland
- Part III Northern Ireland
- SCHEDULE 4 Consequential amendments
- The Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29)
- The Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c. 57)
- The Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40)
- The Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1049 (N.I. 19))
- The Atomic Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1981 (c. 48)
- The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)
- The Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991 (c. 46)
- The Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)
- SCHEDULE 5 Transitional and transitory provisions
- Part I General transitional provisions and savings
- Part II Transitory modifications of Schedule 3
- SCHEDULE 6 Repeals and revocations
- Part I Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Part II Repeals in Radioactive Substances Act 1948 extending to Northern Ireland
- Part III Northern Ireland legislation
- Part IV Subordinate legislation
- TABLE OF DERIVATIONS
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