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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-transfrontier-shipment-of-radioactive-waste-and-spent-fuel-eu-exit-regulations-2018/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111175354",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel (EU Exit) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-transfrontier-shipment-of-radioactive-waste-and-spent-fuel-eu-exit-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations apply to transfrontier shipments of radioactive waste or spent fuel if both the quantity and the concentration of a consignment exceed the levels laid down in Table B of Annex VII of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom(the “Basic Safety Standards Directive 2013”).\n(2) They do not apply to—\n(a) a shipment of disused sources to a supplier or manufacturer of radioactive sources or to a recognised installation;\n(b) a shipment of radioactive materials recovered for further use through reprocessing; or\n(c) a shipment of waste that contains only naturally occurring radioactive material that does not arise from practices.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“disused source” means a sealed source which is no longer used or intended to be used for the practice for which authorisation was granted;\n“practice” means a human activity that can increase the exposure of individuals to radiation from an artificial source, or from a natural radiation source where natural radionuclides are processed for their radioactive, fissile or fertile properties, except in the case of an emergency exposure;\n“recognised installation” means a facility located in the territory of a country which is either:\n(a) authorised by the competent authorities of that country in accordance with its national law for the long-term storage or disposal of sealed sources; or\n(b) an installation duly authorised under its national law for the interim storage of sealed sources; and\n“sealed source” has the meaning given to it in Article 4(90) of the Basic Safety Standards Directive 2013.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L 13, 17.01.2014, p.1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111175354/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:03:08.806898+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."
}