{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-electronic-valves-exemption-order-1967/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-electronic-valves-exemption-order-1967/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1967/1797",
  "legislation_title": "The Radioactive Substances (Electronic Valves) Exemption Order 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-electronic-valves-exemption-order-1967",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Exclusion of certain descriptions of radioactive waste from sections 6 and 7 of the Act",
  "text": "(1) Radioactive waste falling within any of the following descriptions, that is to say—\n(a) waste which, immediately before it became waste,—\n(i) consisted or formed part of an exempted class 1 valve or a class 1 valve incorporated in an exempted article; or\n(ii) consisted or formed part of an exempted article and incorporated a class 1 valve or valves but no class 2 valve;\n(b) substances or articles which are radioactive waste solely because they have been contaminated by contact with or proximity to—\n(i) exempted class 1 valves or class 1 valves incorporated in exempted articles; or\n(ii) waste falling within the preceding sub-paragraph or this sub-paragraph,\nis hereby excluded from the provisions of section 6(1), (2) and (3) of the Act (which relates to the disposal of radioactive waste) absolutely.\n(2) Radioactive waste falling within the preceding paragraph is hereby excluded from the provisions of section 7(1) of the Act (which relates to the accumulation of radioactive waste) absolutely.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1967/1797/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:29:17.081567+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."
}