The Radioactive Substances (Hospitals) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1995

• Citation: S.I. 1995/2395
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Radioactive Substances (Hospitals) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 3rd October 1995.

Section 2 Amendment of Order

The Radioactive Substances (Hospitals) Exemption Order 1990 shall be amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Order.

Section 1

In article 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “waste collection authority” there shall be added at the end the following:

, and any reference in this Order to a waste collection authority includes a reference to a person acting on behalf of a waste collection authority

(b) for the definition of “the Act” there shall be substituted the following:

“ the Act ” means the Radioactive Substances Act 1993

Section 2

In article 3 (exemption from registration)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for the words “section 1” there shall be substituted the words “section 7”;

(b) in paragraph (3), for the words “section 1 of the Act” there shall be substituted the words “section 7 of the Act, other than a registration in respect of closed sources only,”.

Section 3

In article 4 (exclusion for certain disposals)—

(a) in paragraphs (1) and (2), for the words “section 6(1)” there shall be substituted the words “section 13(1)”;

(b) in paragraph (3), for the words “section 6(3)” there shall be substituted the words “section 13(3)”.

Section 4

In article 5(1) and (2) (exclusion of certain accumulations), for the words “section 7(1)” there shall be substituted the words “section 14(1)”.

Section 5

In Schedule 2 (conditions mentioned in article 4(1) of the 1990 Order)—

(a) in paragraph 5(1)(b), for the words from “disposal” to the end there shall be substituted the following

disposal—

(i) by burning on any other premises (whether or not hospital premises) in accordance with an authorisation under section 13(1) or (3) of the Act; or

(ii) by burning on the premises of another hospital in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph

(b) after paragraph 5(1) there shall be inserted the following—

(1A) In a case falling within sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, the person using as a hospital the premises from which the waste is removed shall, at or before the time of the removal of the waste, furnish the person by whom the waste is to be burnt with a document stating in megabecquerels the total activity in that waste of—

(a) carbon 14 and tritium taken together; and

(b) all other radionuclides.

(c) in paragraph 5(2), for the words “the waste burnt on the premises” there shall be substituted “the waste disposed of in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above”;

(d) in paragraph 5(5), for the words “regulation 2(1) of the Collection and Disposal of Waste Regulations 1988” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 1(2) of the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 ”;

(e) in paragraph 6(4)—

(i) for the words “section 189(1) of the Water Act 1989” there shall be substituted the words “section 219(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991 ”;

(ii) for the words “section 14(1) of the Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Act 1937” there shall be substituted the words “section 141(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991”.