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Radioactive Substances Act 1993

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U.K. TABLE OF DERIVATIONS

Notes:

1. The following abbreviations are used in this Table:—

1960= The Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (c. 34)
1968 c. 47= The Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 47)
1973 c. 36= The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36)
1973 c. 65= The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)
1974 c. 40= The Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40)
1978 c. 30= The Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)
1984 c. 55= The Building Act 1984 (c. 55)
1986 c. 63= The Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63)
1989 c. 15= The Water Act 1989 (c. 15)
1990= The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)
1990 c. 11= The Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11)
1991 c. 60= The Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60)
S.I. 1976/959= The Control of Pollution (Radioactive Waste) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/959)
S.I. 1980/1709= The Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980 (S.I. 1980/1709)
S.I. 1985/1884= The Waste Regulation and Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1884)
S.I. 1989/1158= The Control of Pollution (Radioactive Waste) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1158)
M (followed by a number)= The proposal of that number in the Memorandum under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949 (16 Dec 1991, HC 148).

2. The Table does not show the effect of the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272) or the Transfer of Functions (Radioactive Substances) (Wales) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2598).

ProvisionDerivation
11960 ss. 18(1)—(3A), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 paras. 17, 20(a)(i).
21960 s. 18(4).
31960 s. 18(5): 1990 Sch. 5 para. 7(2).
41960 ss. 11A, 12(7B), 20(a), 21(2)(a), (k), (l); 1990 s. 100, Sch. 5 paras. 13(4), 18(a), 20(a).
51960 ss. 8(1)(b), (c), 12(7)(a), 20(b), 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 18(a), 20(a)(i).
61960 s. 1(1).
71960 s. 1(2)—(6); 1990 s. 100(2), Sch. 5 paras. 4(1), 6(1)(a), (b), 11(1).
81960 ss. 2, 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(2), (3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i).
91960 s. 3(1), (2); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 7(1).
101960 s. 3(3)—(5); 1990 s. 100(2), Sch. 5 paras 6(2)(a), (b), 7(1), 11(2).
111960 ss. 4, 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i).
121960 s. 5; 1990 s. 100(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(3).
131960 s. 6(1)—(3), (6); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 7(3).
141960 s. 7(1)—(3), (5).
151960 ss. 6(4), (5), 7(4), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i).
161960 ss. 8(1)—(5), (6), 20(b), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(2), Sch. 5 paras. 1, 4(2), 6(4), 11(3), 18(a), 20(a)(i); M2.
171960 s. 8(7), (8); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 1(5); M2.
181960 s. 9(3)—(5); 1990 s. 100(2), Sch. 5 para. 2(1).
191960 s. 11(3)
201960 s. 8A; 1990 Sch. 5 para. 8.
211960 s. 11B; 1990 s. 102.
221960 s. 11C; 1990 s. 102.
231960 ss. 12A, 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 12, 20(a)(i).
241960 ss. 12B, 21(2)(a), (m); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 12, 20(a).
251960 ss. 1(7), 3(6), 8(5A), 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 6(1)(c), (2)(c), (4)(c), 20(a)(i).
261960 ss. 11D(1)—(4), (12), 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 10, 20(a)(i); M3
271960 ss. 11D(5)—(11), 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 10, 20(a)(i).
281960 ss. 11(1), (4), 11E, 20(f), 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 9(2), 10, 18(b), 20(a)(i).
291960 ss. 10(1)—(3), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i).
301960 ss. 10(4), (5), 20(e), 21(2)(a), (j); 1978 c. 30 s. 17(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i).
311960 s. 12(1)—(6A), (7)(b), (7A), (8), (9), 20(b), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 paras. 2(2), 13, 18(a), 20(a)(i).
321960 s. 13(1), (2); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 14(2), (3).
331960 s. 13(4A), (5), (6); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 14(5), (7), (8).
341960 ss. 13(3), (4), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 paras. 14(4), 20(a)(i).
351960 s. 13(5); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 14(6), (7)
361960 s. 13(8)
371960 s. 13(9); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 14(10).
381960 ss. 13(7), 21(3); 1973 c. 36 Sch. 5 para. 7(1); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 14(9).
391960 ss. 13A, 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 15, 20(a)(i).
401960 ss. 9(1), (2), (6), 21(2)(i); 1973 c. 36 Sch. 5 para. 1; 1991 c. 60 Sch. 1 para. 9(2).
411990 s. 160; M4.
421960 ss. 14, 21(2)(a), (o); 1990 s. 104, Sch. 5 para. 20(a).
431960 ss. 15A, 21(2)(a), (n); 1990 s. 101, Sch. 5 para. 20(a).
441960 s. 15; 1990 s. 100(3).
451960 ss. 15, 21(2)(a), (b), (c); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i).
461960 s. 19(5).
471960 ss. 19(1)—(4), 20(a), (c), 21(2)(a), (f), (g); Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 17) Sch. 7; 1973 c. 65 Sch. 27 Part II para. 144; 1978 c. 30 s. 17(2)(a); S.I. 1985/1884 Sch. 2 para. 2; Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62) s. 14(2); 1989 c. 15 Sch. 25 para. 27(3); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 3, 5, 11(4), 18(a), 20(a).
48- 50
51(1)—(2)
(3)1960 s. 21(2).
Sch. 11960 Sch. 3.
Sch. 21960 s. 20(d), Sch. 2.
Sch. 3 Part I1960 Sch. I Part I; S.I. 1976/959 reg. 4; 1978 c. 30 s. 17(2)(a); 1984 c. 55 Sch. 6 para. 7; 1990 Sch. 15 para. 8; 1990 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 6; 1991 c. 60 Sch. 1 para. 9(1).
Part II1960 Sch. 1 Part II; 1968 c. 47 Sch. 1 para. 4; 1980 c. 45 Sch. 10 Part II; 1986 c. 63 Sch. 7 Part II para. 1; 1990 Sch. 5 para. 19(b); Control of Pollution (Radioactive Waste)(Scotland) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2539) reg. 4.
Part III1960 Sch. 1 Part III; Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 17) Sch. 7; Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 5) s. 31(1); Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/70 (N.I. 2)) Sch. 3 para. 1; Pollution Control (Special Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 (S.R. (N.I.) 1981/252)
Sch. 4
Sch. 5 paras. 1—7
para. 81990 s. 164(3), Sch. 15 para. 8.
para. 91974 c. 40 s. 109(2), Sch. 4.
para. 101990 c. 11 Sch. 4 paras. 1, 17.
para. 11S.I. 1980/1709 reg. 3(2); 1990 s. 164(3).
para. 121990 s. 164(3).
Sch. 6

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