Regulation 4 Transitional provision – existing licences under the 1993 Act

(1)

An existing licence which—

(a)

is in effect immediately before the relevant date, and

(b)

authorises an activity which is a radioactive substances activity,

has effect on or after the relevant date as if it were a permit (within the meaning of the Regulations) (“a deemed permit”)^f1.

(2)

In accordance with paragraph (1)—

(a)

any condition subject to which an existing licence is granted has effect as if it were a condition attached to the deemed permit,

(b)

the person who is—

(i)

registered under section 7 (registration of users of radioactive material) or 10 (registration of mobile radioactive apparatus) of the 1993 Act, or

(ii)

has been granted an authorisation under section 13 (disposal of radioactive waste) or 14 (accumulation of radioactive waste) of the 1993 Act,

is to be treated as the authorised person in respect of the deemed permit on the relevant date,

(c)

where a person—

(i)

is carrying on a contaminated materials activity, and

(ii)

holds a deemed permit in relation to premises on which the contaminated materials activity is being carried on,

the carrying on of the contaminated materials activity is treated as authorised by the deemed permit in the period beginning with the relevant date and ending on the date on which SEPA next varies or consolidates the permit.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See regulation 20 of S.S.I. 2018/219.