# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 2: Scope


(1) “Radioactive substances activity” does not include—
(a) any activity involving radioactive material carried on by a licensee on a nuclear site;
(b) the transport of radioactive material or radioactive waste, including its receipt for transport and its storage during transport;
(c) the disposal of radioactive waste in the form of human excreta where—
(i) the radioactive waste arises as a consequence of the medical administration of radioactive material for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment or trials; and
(ii) the disposal occurs at a place other than the place of administration of the radioactive material;
(d) the disposal of radioactive waste at a site to which a PPC permit or waste management licence applies where—
(i) the radioactive waste may be disposed of in normal refuse in accordance with general binding rules; and
(ii) the radioactive waste has not been segregated from non-radioactive waste;
(e) the disposal of waste described in paragraph 6(1)(a) or (b) at a site to which a PPC permit or waste management licence applies where the activity of the waste does not exceed 5 becquerels per gram.
(2) A radioactive substances activity is not being carried on by the owner or occupier of premises where radioactive material is present in or on a vehicle, vessel or aircraft and either—
(a) the vehicle, vessel or aircraft is on those premises in the course of a journey;
(b) the vehicle, vessel or aircraft is in its operational life; or
(c) in the case of a vessel which is on those premises otherwise than in the course of a journey the material is used in propelling the vessel or is kept in or on the vessel for use in propelling it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2018/9780111039014/schedule/8/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-8/paragraph-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

