# Radioactive Substances Act 1993, Section 1B: NORM industrial activities


(1) Subsection (2) applies to a substance or article which—
(a) arises from or is used in a NORM industrial activity listed in Part 1 of Table 1;
(b) is waste which arises from a NORM industrial activity listed in Part 2 of Table 1; or
(c) is contaminated by a substance or article described in paragraph (a) or (b), including where such contamination occurs indirectly through another contaminated substance or article.
(2) A substance or article to which this subsection applies is radioactive material or radioactive waste where it has a concentration of radioactivity which exceeds the following values in Table 2—
(a) for a solid substance or article or a relevant liquid substance, the value specified in column 2;
(b) for any other liquid substance, the value specified in column 3; or
(c) for a gaseous substance, the value specified in column 4.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/12/section/1B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-act-1993/section-1B
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