The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 No. 1154

SCHEDULE 23 Radioactive substances activities

PART 5 The HASS Directive

SECTION 1 Security of sources

Interpretation

1.  In this Part—

“high-activity or similar source” means—

(a)

a high-activity source, or

(b)

such other sealed source which, in the opinion of the regulator, is of a similar level of potential hazard to a high-activity source;

“high-activity source” has the same meaning as in the HASS Directive but excluding any such source once its activity level has fallen below the exemption levels specified in column 2 of Table A to Annex I to the Basic Safety Standards Directive;

“orphan source” has the same meaning as in the HASS Directive;

“sealed source” has the same meaning as in the HASS Directive.