Radioactive Substances Act, 1960 : 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. Ch. 34.

  • Great Britain
Date:
1960]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Radioactive Substances Act, 1960 : 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. Ch. 34. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    q (2) Any application for registration under this section shall be made to the Minister, specifying— (a) the premises to which the application relates ; (b) the undertaking for the purposes of which those premises are used ; (c) the description or descriptions of radioactive material proposed to be kept or used on the premises, and the maximum quantity of radioactive material of each such description likely to be kept or used thereon at any one time ; and (d) the manner (if any) in which radioactive material is proposed to be used on the premises, and containing such other information as may be prescribed. (3) Subject to the following provisions of this section, where an application is made to the Minister for registration under this section in respect of any premises, the Minister may either— (a) register the applicant in respect of those premises and in respect of the keeping and use thereon of radioactive material of the description to which the application relates, or (b) if the application relates to two or more descriptions of radioactive material, register the applicant in respect of those premises and in respect of the keeping and use thereon of such one or more of those descriptions of radioactive material as may be specified in the registration, or (c) refuse the application. (4) Any registration under this section in respect of any premises may (subject to the next following subsection) be effected subject to such limitations or conditions as the Minister thinks fit, and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of this subsection) may be effected subject to conditions of any of the following descriptions, that is to say,— (a) conditions imposing requirements (including, if the Minister thinks fit, requirements involving structural or other alterations) in respect of any part of the premises, or in respect of any apparatus, equipment or appliance used or to be used thereon for the purposes of any use of radioactive material from which radio- active waste is likely to arise ; (b) conditions requiring the person to whom the registration relates, at such times and in such manner as may be specified in the registration, to furnish the Minister with information as to the removal of radioactive material from those premises to any other premises ;
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