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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    (c) conditions prohibiting radioactive material from being sold or otherwise supplied from those premises unless it (or the container in which it is supplied) bears a label or other mark indicating that it is radioactive material or (if the conditions so require) indicating the descrip- tion of radioactive material to which it belongs, and (in either case) complying with any requirements speci- fied in the conditions in relation thereto. (5) In the exercise of any power conferred on him by subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section, the Minister, except in deter- mining whether to impose any conditions falling within para- graph (b) or paragraph (c) of the said subsection (4), shall have regard exclusively to the amount and character of the radioactive waste likely to arise from the keeping or use of radioactive material on the premises in question. (6) On registering a person under this section in respect of any premises, the Minister shall furnish him with a certificate containing all material particulars of the registration, and (unless, for reasons of national security, it is in the Minister’s opinion necessary that knowledge of the registration should be restricted) shall send a copy of the certificate to each local authority in whose area the premises are situated. 2.—(1) The Authority are exempted from registration under Exemptions the preceding section in respect of all premises used for the fom. purpose of their undertaking and in respect of the keeping Re seas and use thereon of radioactive material of every description. os (2) At any time while a nuclear site licence is in force in respect of a site, and at any time after the revocation or surrender of such a licence but before the period of responsibility of the licensee has come to an end, the licensee (subject to the next following subsection) is exempted from registration under the preceding section in respect of any premises situated on that site and in respect of the keeping and use thereon of radioactive material of every description. (3) Where, in the case of any such premises as are mentioned in the last preceding subsection, it appears to the Minister that, if the licensee had been required to apply for registration under the preceding section in respect of those premises, the Minister would have imposed conditions such as are mentioned in para- graph (b) or paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of that section, the Minister may direct that the exemption conferred by the last preceding subsection shall have effect subject to such conditions (being conditions which in the opinion of the Minister correspond to those which he would so have imposed) as may be specified in the direction.
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