{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-exemption-northern-ireland-order-2011/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-exemption-northern-ireland-order-2011/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Exemption from authorisation under section 14",
  "text": "(1) A person (“A”) is exempt from authorisation under section 14 (accumulation of radioactive waste) in respect of—\n(a) subject to paragraph (2)(a), radioactive waste described in article 7—\n(i) where A has received the waste for accumulation (with a view to its subsequent disposal by A) on premises on which A manages, treats or disposes of radioactive waste mixed with substantial quantities of waste which is not radioactive waste, provided that A disposes of the radioactive waste as soon as is practicable; or\n(ii) except where paragraph (i) applies, where A complies with any conditions in article 8 that apply to that waste and the relevant standard conditions;\n(b) subject to paragraph (2), radioactive waste consisting of a sealed source, an electrodeposited source or a tritium foil source, which—\n(i) contains a quantity of radionuclides which exceeds the value specified in column 2 of Table 2 in respect of the relevant type of source; and\n(ii) immediately before it became radioactive waste, was radioactive material in the form of a sealed source, an electrodeposited source or a tritium foil source (as appropriate),\nwhere A complies with the relevant standard conditions; or\n(c) radioactive waste stored in transit.\n(2) A is not exempt from authorisation—\n(a) under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) in respect of a high-activity source where A accumulates it and it is waste when A takes possession of it; or\n(b) under paragraph (1)(b) where A has received the waste for the purpose of A disposing of it.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 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/6",
    "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."
}