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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-23/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111150184",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/23/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Exemption for receiving and disposing of NORM waste",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies—\n(a) to the following radioactive substances activities—\n(i) the activity described in paragraph 11(2)(b) of Part 2 of this Schedule (“Activity A”);\n(ii) the activity described in paragraph 11(4) of Part 2 of this Schedule (“Activity B”), and\n(b) where Activity A or B is carried on in respect of NORM waste—\n(i) with a NORM waste concentration that does not exceed 5 Bq/g (“type 1 NORM Waste”), or\n(ii) with a NORM waste concentration that exceeds 5 Bq/g but does not exceed 10 Bq/g (“type 2 NORM waste”).\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), a person (“A”) is exempt from the requirement for an environmental permit to carry on Activity A or Activity B in respect of type 1 NORM waste or type 2 NORM waste where another person (“B”) transfers that waste to A—\n(a) in accordance with—\n(i) a disposal permit held by B, or\n(ii) an exemption from holding such a permit that applied to B in respect of the transfer to A, and\n(b) for the purpose of its disposal by A on the premises on which A receives it.\n(3) Where a person (“C”) disposes of—\n(a) type 1 NORM waste on or from premises, sub-paragraph (4) applies to C, or\n(b) type 2 NORM waste on or from premises, sub-paragraph (5) applies to C.\n(4) C is exempt from the requirement for an environmental permit to carry on Activity A in respect of type 1 NORM waste where in relation to the total amount of such waste disposed of on or from the premises by C per year—\n(a) the quantity of radionuclides does not exceed 5 x 1010 Bq, and C complies with the conditions in paragraph 19(1), or\n(b) subject to sub-paragraph (6), the quantity of radionuclides exceeds 5 x 1010 Bq, and C complies with—\n(i) the conditions in paragraph 19(1), and\n(ii) where C intends to dispose of the waste by one of the methods in paragraph 19(2)(a), the conditions in paragraph 19(3).\n(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), C is exempt from the requirement for an environmental permit to carry on Activity A in respect of type 2 NORM waste where C complies with the conditions in paragraph 19(1) and (3).\n(6) Sub-paragraph (7) applies to a person (“E”) where E holds an environmental permit to carry on Activity A for the disposal on or from premises (“the relevant premises”) of NORM waste with a NORM waste concentration which exceeds 10 Bq/g.\n(7) The following exemptions do not apply to E—\n(a) the exemptions in sub-paragraph (2) in respect of type 2 NORM waste,\n(b) the exemption in sub-paragraph (4)(b), and\n(c) the exemption in sub-paragraph (5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/23/paragraph/18",
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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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