This Statutory Instrument has been made to correct an error in S.I.1986/1002 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
ATOMIC ENERGY AND RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
Made
10th March 1992
Laid before Parliament
11th March 1992
Coming into force
2nd April 1992
The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(5) of the Radioactive Substances Act 1960(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Radioactive Substances (Substances of Low Activity) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 2nd April 1992.
2. In article 3(b) of the Radioactive Substances (Substances of Low Activity) Exemption Order 1986(2) for “0.4” substitute “4”.
Michael Heseltine
Secretary of State for the Environment
9th March 1992
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
10th March 1992
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
10th March 1992
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order corrects an error in article 3(b) of the Radioactive Substances (Substances of Low Activity) Exemption Order 1986 (“the 1986 Order”).
The 1986 Order is concerned with exemptions and exclusions under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (“the 1960 Act”) in respect of certain substances of low radioactivity.
Article 3(b) of the 1986 Order excludes from the controls on the disposal of radioactive waste in section 6(1) and (3) of the 1960 Actthe disposal of organic liquid waste which is radioactive solely because of the presence of carbon 14, or tritium (or both), the activity of which when it becomes waste, does not exceed 0.4 becquerels per millilitre.
This Order substitutes “4” for “0.4” in article 3(b) of the 1986 Order.
1960 c. 34; a relevant amendment was made by section 100(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43).