The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Enabling Powers and Modification of Enactments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

• Citation: S.I. 2010/2147
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Radioactive Contaminated Land (Enabling Powers and Modification of Enactments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

(2) Regulation 2 comes into force on 29th September 2010.

(3) Regulation 3 comes into force on 30th September 2010.

Section 2 Amendments

(1) The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Enabling Powers) (England) Regulations 2005 are amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph 1(8)(b) of Schedule 1 (modification of Part 2A), substitute—

(b) for the definition of “substance”, substitute—

“substance” means, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour, any substance containing radionuclides which have resulted from the after-effects of a radiological emergency or have been processed as part of a past practice or past work activity;

Section 3 Amendments

(1) The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (8)(d) of regulation 5 (section 78A (preliminary)), substitute—

(d) for the definition of “substance”, substitute—

“substance” means, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour, any substance containing radionuclides which have resulted from the after-effects of a radiological emergency or have been processed as part of a past practice or past work activity;

Section 4 Revocation

(1) The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 are revoked as follows.

(2) In regulation 3(2), omit substituted regulation 5(8)(d) (definition of “substance”).