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The Radioactive Substances (Hospitals) Exemption Order 1990

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Exclusion for certain accumulations

5.—(1) Radioactive waste to which article 4(1) above applies is excluded from the provisions of section 7(1) of the Act if it is kept in a closed container on hospital premises and it is disposed of within a period of two weeks beginning with the date upon which the waste arises.

(2) Radioactive waste which has been removed from hospital premises in accordance with article 4(3) above is excluded from the provisions of section 7(1) of the Act subject to the condition that it is disposed of as soon as practicable after its removal.

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