Scope
2.—(1) “Radioactive substances activity” does not include—
(a)any activity involving radioactive material carried on by a licensee on a nuclear site;
(b)the transport of radioactive material or radioactive waste, including its receipt for transport and its storage during transport;
(c)the disposal of radioactive waste in the form of human excreta where—
(i)the radioactive waste arises as a consequence of the medical administration of radioactive material for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment or trials; and
(ii)the disposal occurs at a place other than the place of administration of the radioactive material;
(d)the disposal of radioactive waste at a site to which a PPC permit or waste management licence applies where—
(i)the radioactive waste may be disposed of in normal refuse in accordance with general binding rules; and
(ii)the radioactive waste has not been segregated from non-radioactive waste;
(e)the disposal of waste described in paragraph 6(1)(a) or (b) at a site to which a PPC permit or waste management licence applies where the activity of the waste does not exceed 5 becquerels per gram.
(2) A radioactive substances activity is not being carried on by the owner or occupier of premises where radioactive material is present in or on a vehicle, vessel or aircraft and either—
(a)the vehicle, vessel or aircraft is on those premises in the course of a journey;
(b)the vehicle, vessel or aircraft is in its operational life; or
(c)in the case of a vessel which is on those premises otherwise than in the course of a journey the material is used in propelling the vessel or is kept in or on the vessel for use in propelling it.