{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-exemption-northern-ireland-order-2011/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-exemption-northern-ireland-order-2011/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2011/289",
  "legislation_title": "The Radioactive Substances Exemption (Northern Ireland) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-exemption-northern-ireland-order-2011",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Solid radioactive waste",
  "text": "(1) Solid radioactive waste referred to in article 11 means—\n(a) subject to paragraph (2), solid radioactive waste described in an entry in column 1 of Table 3 which does not contain a concentration of radionuclides that exceeds the value specified in column 2 of that Table in respect of that kind of waste; or\n(b) a sealed source, electrodeposited source or tritium foil source which is not described in sub-paragraph (a).\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to waste—\n(a) where, prior to the disposal of that waste, a person has diluted it with the intention of ensuring that sub-paragraph (1)(a) is met; or\n(b) which is NORM waste with a NORM waste concentration which is less than or equal to 10 Bq/g.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 12 in operation at 1.10.2011, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/289/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:20:13.623793+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."
}