PART 11Final provisions

Radioactive waste47

F11

This regulation applies to radioactive waste—

a

which is a specified waste; and

b

in respect of which a person—

i

is carrying on a radioactive substances activity described in paragraph 11(2)(b) or (c) or (4) of Part 2 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010; and

ii

is exempt from the requirement for an environmental permit under regulation 12(3) of those Regulations for that activity.

2

Radioactive waste to which this regulation applies must be treated as waste for the purposes of these Regulations.

3

Sections 33 to 34C of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 apply to radioactive waste to which this regulation applies.

4

In this regulation—

  • “environmental permit” has the meaning given in regulation 13(1) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010;

  • F4“radioactive substances exemption” means an exemption under Part 7 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 from the requirement for an environmental permit under regulation 12 of those regulations in respect of a radioactive substances activity;

  • “radioactive waste” and “radioactive substances activity” have the meanings given in F2paragraphs 3 and 11 of Part 2 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010;

  • F3...

  • F4“specified waste” means—

    1. a

      NORM waste (as that term is defined in Part 7 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010; or

    2. b

      the waste described in the first, second or sixth row of column 1 of table 6 in Part 7 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.