Amendment of section 7 of the 1993 Act

9.  Section 7 of the 1993 Act (registration of users of radioactive material) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in subsection (7), omit from “,except in” to “subsection (6),”;

(b) after subsection (7) insert—

“(7A) Subsection (7) does not apply—

(a) in relation to high-activity sources and to other sealed sources which, in the opinion of the appropriate Agency or the chief inspector, are of a similar level of potential hazard to high-activity sources, or

(b) in determining whether to impose any conditions falling within paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (6).”;and

(c) in subsection (8), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) shall furnish him with a certificate which contains all material particulars of the registration or gives sufficient information as to the particulars to enable them to be ascertained, and”.