{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/atomic-energy-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1981/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/atomic-energy-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1981/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/48",
  "legislation_title": "Atomic Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/atomic-energy-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1981",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation, short title and extent.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“atomic energy” has the same meaning as in section 18 of the Atomic Energy Act 1946;\n“the Atomic Energy Authority” or “the Authority” means the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority;\n“the Nuclear Fuels Company” means British Nuclear Fuels Limited;\n“radioactive substance” means any substance which consists of or contains any radioactive chemical element, whether natural or artificial;\n“the Radiochemical Company” means Amersham International Limited, formerly known as The Radiochemical Centre Limited; and\n“shares” includes stock.\n(2) This Act may be cited as the Atomic Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1981.\n(3) This Act, except subsections (6) to (8) of section 1, extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in the definition of \"radioactive substance\" in s. 4(1) substituted (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, ss. 49(1), 51(2), Sch. 4 para. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1946 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/48/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:52.968241+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}