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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-8/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2018/9780111039014",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Applications",
  "text": "(1) SEPA must ensure that information to be included in an application for a permit or registration for a radioactive substances activity is—\n(a) relevant to radiation protection; and\n(b) commensurate with the nature of the activity and the radiological risks involved.\n(2) In determining the information to be included in an application for a permit for a radioactive substances activity, SEPA must take into account the following for the purposes of ensuring adequate protection against public exposure—\n(a) responsibility and organisational arrangements for protection and safety;\n(b) staff competency, including information and training;\n(c) design features of the premises and of radiation sources;\n(d) anticipated public exposures in normal operation;\n(e) safety assessment of the activity and the premises in order to—\n(i) estimate, to the extent practicable, the probability and magnitude of a potential exposure;\n(ii) assess the quality and extent of protection and safety provisions, including engineering features, as well as administrative procedures; and\n(iii) define the operational limits and conditions of operation;\n(f) emergency procedure;\n(g) maintenance, testing, inspection and servicing so as to ensure that the radiation source and the premises continue to meet the design requirements, operational limits and conditions of operation throughout their lifetime;\n(h) management of radioactive waste and arrangements for the disposal of such waste; and\n(i) quality assurance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2018/9780111039014/schedule/8/paragraph/15",
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  "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."
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