OpenLegislation

The Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

S.I. 2010/2145 · Made 23 August 2010

Original text. legislation.gov.uk does not revise statutory instruments, so later amendments are not shown here. Changes made to it are listed under each provision when known.

Radioactive Substances, Northern Ireland

Environmental Protection, Northern Ireland

Made 23rd August 2010

Laid before Parliament 2nd September 2010

Coming into operation 30th September 2010

The Secretary of State has been designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to basic safety standards for health protection of the general public and workers against the dangers of ionising radiation.

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

The Secretary of State is so designated by S.I. 1991/2289.

f2

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into operation on 30th September 2010.

2Amendment

(1)

The Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (2) of regulation 2 for the definition of “substance” substitute—

  • ““substance” means, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour, any substance containing radionuclides which have resulted from the after-effects of a radiological emergency or have been processed as part of a past practice or past work activity;”.

Signature

Charles Hendry

Minister of State,

Department of Energy and Climate Change

23rd August 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. (NI) 2006 No 345). The amendments made by these Regulations substitute a new definition of “substance” for the purposes of the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.