Interpretation: NORM
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2.—(1) In this schedule, “NORM containing substance” means a solid substance or article which—
(a)is either—
(i)radioactive material or radioactive waste under paragraph 6(2) of schedule 8; or
(ii)except where sub-paragraph (2) applies, radioactive waste under paragraph 7 of schedule 8 arising from the remediation of land contaminated by radium;
(b)contains one or more of the radionuclides which are listed in column 1 of Table 1; and
(c)has a concentration of radioactivity that does not exceed the value specified in column 2 of Table 2 in respect of that radionuclide.
(2) Land is not contaminated under sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii) unless the contamination occurred prior to 13th May 2000.