# The Control of Pollution (Radioactive Waste) (Scotland) Regulations 1991, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke and re-enact for Scotland the substance of the Control of Pollution (Radioactive Waste) Regulations 1984 and 1985, taking into account changes made to Part II of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 by the Water Act 1989, Schedule 23.
The provisions of Part II of the 1974 Act (which relate to the control of water pollution) do not apply in relation to radioactive waste within the meaning of the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 but the Secretary of State may by regulations provide for any of these provisions to apply and may make consequential modifications of the 1960 Act.
These Regulations bring radioactive waste within the scope of those provisions of Part II of the 1974 Act which are specified in the Schedule to the Regulations, but in such a manner that no account will be taken of the radioactive properties of such waste, which will remain subject to control under the 1960 Act.
Regulation 4 substitutes a new paragraph 9B in Part II of Schedule I to the 1960 Act, comprising references to the provisions applied by these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2539/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-radioactive-waste-scotland-regulations-1991/note
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