Paragraph 2

(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;

F1(d)

the disposal of radioactive waste at a landfill or at a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant where—

(i)

the radioactive waste may be disposed of in solid waste that is not radioactive waste in accordance with the general binding rules in Chapter 1 of schedule 9, and

(ii)

the radioactive waste has not been segregated from waste that is not radioactive waste,

F2(e)

the disposal of radioactive waste described in paragraph 6(1)(a) or (b) in a landfill or at a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant where the activity of the radioactive waste does not exceed the concentrations specified in schedule 9, Part 3, Table 1, Column 2.

(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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 8 para. 2(1)(d) substituted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), regs. 1(2), 39(b)(i) (with sch. 23)
F2: Sch. 8 para. 2(1)(e) substituted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), regs. 1(2), 39(b)(ii) (with sch. 23)