The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

SECTION 3E+WExercise of relevant functions and matters in relation to F1... sources

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GeneralE+W

[F25.  In exercising relevant functions in relation to a radioactive substances activity, the regulator must comply with Articles 85 to 89 and 91 of the Basic Safety Standards Directive.]

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Records and inspectionsE+W

[F36.  In relation to a high-activity source, the regulator must keep records of those matters—

(a)required by Article 90 of the Basic Safety Standards Directive, and

(b)notified to it under Article 91(1) of that Directive.]

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Training and informationE+W

F47.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F4Sch. 23 Pt. 5 para. 7 omitted (1.1.2018) by The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1075), reg. 1, Sch. 9 para. 17 (with regs. 2(5), 3, Sch. 8)

Orphan sourcesE+W

8.—(1) The regulator must—

(a)be prepared, or have made provision (including the assignment of responsibilities), to [F5control and] recover any orphan source, and

(b)have drawn up appropriate response plans and measures.

(2) The regulator may recover any expenses reasonably incurred by it in the recovery and disposal of an orphan source from—

(a)the person carrying on the radioactive substances activity involving that source, or

(b)the occupier or owner of the premises where the source is located.

(3) In relation to sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)“owner” has the same meaning as in section 343 of the Public Health Act 1936, and

(b)the provisions of section 294 of that Act (which limits the liability of owners who are only agents or trustees) apply but as if reference in that section to a council recovering expenses under that Act were to the regulator recovering expenses under sub-paragraph (2).

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