Regulation 15 Radioactive waste

England and Wales

F1(1)

This regulation applies to radioactive waste where—

(a)

a radioactive substances activity in relation to that radioactive waste does not require an environmental permit by virtue of F2a radioactive substances exemption; and

(b)

that radioactive waste has one or more hazardous properties arising other than from its radioactive nature.

(2)

Notwithstanding regulation 2(1)(b)(ii), radioactive waste to which this regulation applies is treated as waste for the purposes of these Regulations, and accordingly it is treated as hazardous waste and these Regulations apply to that waste.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 15(1) substituted (6.4.2010 immediately after S.I. 2009/3381 comes into force) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1), Sch. 26 para. 25(3) (with reg. 1(2))
F2: Words in reg. 15(1)(a) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2043), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 4(b)