{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-act-1993/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-act-1993/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/12",
  "legislation_title": "Radioactive Substances Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-act-1993",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions.",
  "text": "The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions for the purposes of this Act—\nthe appropriate Agency\nsection 47(1)\nthe appropriate Minister\nsection 47(1)\narticle\nsection 47(1)\nthe chief inspector\nsection 47(1)\ncontamination\nsection 47(5)\ndisposal\nsection 47(1)\nthe HASS Directive\nsection 47(1)\nhigh-activity source\nsection 47(1)\nlicensee (in relation to a nuclear site licence)\nsection 47(1)\nlocal authority\nsection 47(1)\nm\nsection 47(1)\nmobile radioactive apparatus\nsection 3\nNORM industrial activity\nsection 47(1\nnuclear site\nsection 47(1)\nnuclear site licence\nsection 47(1)\norphan source\nsection 47(1)\nperiod of responsibility (in relation to a nuclear site licence)\nsection 47(1)\npremises\nsection 47(1)\nprescribed\nsection 47(1)\nthe prescribed period for determinations\nsection 47(1) and (2)\npublic or local authority\nsection 47(1)\nradioactive material\nsection 1A\nradioactive waste\nsection 1A\nrelevant liquid\nsection 47(1)\nrelevant water body\nsection 47(1)\nSEPA\nsection 47(1)\nsubstance\nsection 47(1)\nTable 1\nsection 1A\nTable 2\nsection 1A\nTable 3\nsection 1A\nTable 4\nsection 1A\nundertaking\nsection 47(1)\nwaste\nsection 47(1) and (4).\n+ or sec\nsection 47(5B)",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 48 repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 26 para. 11(2)(rr), Sch. 28 (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 inserted (E.W.S.) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 228(a) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 repealed (E.W.S.) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1)(3), Sch. 22 para. 228(b), Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 inserted (20.10.2005) by High-activity Sealed Radioactive Sources and Orphan Sources Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2686), regs. 1(2), 18(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 inserted (S.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/207), regs. 1(1), 6(a) and (N.I.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/290), regs. 1, 6(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 inserted (S.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/207), regs. 1(1), 6(b) and (N.I.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/290), regs. 1, 6(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 inserted (20.10.2005) by High-activity Sealed Radioactive Sources and Orphan Sources Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2686), regs. 1(2), 18(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 substituted (S.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/207), regs. 1(1), 6(c) and (N.I.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/290), regs. 1, 6(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 inserted (S.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/207), regs. 1(1), 6(d) and (N.I.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/290), regs. 1, 6(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 inserted (S.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/207), regs. 1(1), 6(e) and (N.I.) (1.10.2011) by The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/290), regs. 1, 6(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/12/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:14.428372+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."
}