{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-act-1991/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-act-1991/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/27",
  "legislation_title": "Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-act-1991",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Preliminary.",
  "text": "(1) In this subsection (which applies for the purposes of section E5 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998) “radioactive material” means any material having a specific activity in excess of—\n(a) 70 kilobecquerels per kilogram; or\n(b) such lesser specific activity as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State;\nand the power to make an order under this subsection shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(1) substituted (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 63(2); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Act (except for s. 1(1)) repealed (1.4.2014) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), s. 156(1), Sch. 12 para. 63(1); S.I. 2014/251, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/27/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:38:07.863484+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}