# The Export of Radioactive Sources (Control) Order 2006, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In this Order—
“the Act” means the Export Control Act 2002;
“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;
“controlled radioactive source” means a radionuclide of a description in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order with an activity level of that in the corresponding entry in column 2;
“customs and excise Acts” and “prescribed sum” have the same meanings as in section 1 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 ;
“exportation” means (except where the context otherwise requires) exportation from the United Kingdom to any destination outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man; “exporter” and other cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“general” in relation to a licence, means not granted to a particular person but available for use generally;
“in transit” means imported into the United Kingdom for transit or transhipment; “transit or transhipment” means transit through the United Kingdom or transhipment with a view to re-exportation of the controlled radioactive sources in question.
“licence user” means a person who is registered under article 6 to use a general licence or who is entitled to use a general licence without registration owing to the terms of that general licence;

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1846/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-radioactive-sources-control-order-2006/article-2
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