In this Schedule—

• “article” includes a part of an article;

• “the Basic Safety Standards Directive” means Council Directive 96/29/EURATOM108 laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation;

• “contamination” occurs where a substance or article is so affected by—

  1. a

     absorption, admixture or adhesion of radioactive material or radioactive waste; or

  2. b

     the emission of neutrons or ionising radiations,

  as to become radioactive or to possess increased radioactivity;

• “disposal” in relation to waste includes its removal, deposit, destruction, discharge (whether into water or into the air or into a sewer or drain or otherwise) or burial (whether underground or otherwise) and “dispose of” is to be construed accordingly;

• “mobile radioactive apparatus” means any apparatus, equipment, appliance or other thing which is radioactive material and—

  1. a

     is constructed or adapted for being transported from place to place; or

  2. b

     is portable and designed or intended to be used for releasing radioactive material into the environment or introducing it into organisms;

• “nuclear site” means—

  1. a

     any site in respect of which a nuclear site licence is for the time being in force; or

  2. b

     any site in respect of which, after the revocation or surrender of a nuclear site licence, the period of responsibility of the licensee has not yet come to an end,

  and “licensee”, when used in relation to a nuclear site, and “period of responsibility” have the same meaning as in the Nuclear Installations Act 1965109;

• “premises” includes any land, whether covered by buildings or not, including any place underground and any land covered by water;

• “substance” means any natural or artificial substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour;

• “undertaking” includes any trade, business or profession and—

  1. a

     in relation to a public or local authority, includes any of the powers or duties of that authority, and

  2. b

     in relation to any other body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate), includes any of the activities of that body; and

• “waste” has the meaning given in paragraph 3.