{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-exemption-northern-ireland-order-2011/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-exemption-northern-ireland-order-2011/article-8.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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Conditions in respect of the total quantity or concentration of radioactive substances on any premises",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies to a person (“A”) to whom article 5(1)(a) or 6(1)(a) applies in respect of an article described in article 7(1)(a).\n(2) A must ensure that, in respect of the total amount of such substances or articles on the premises (including any such article which is on the premises and which is mobile radioactive apparatus), the quantity of radionuclides does not exceed the value for that substance or article in column 3 of Table 2.\n(3) Paragraph (4) applies to a person (“B”) to whom article 5(1)(a) or 6(1)(a) applies in respect of a substance or article described in article 7(1)(b).\n(4) B must ensure that—\n(a) in respect of the total amount of such substances and articles on the premises, the quantity of radioactivity does not exceed the value specified in column 2 of Table 1; or\n(b) no such substance or article on the premises contains a concentration of radioactivity that exceeds the value specified in column 3 of Table 1.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 8 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/8",
    "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."
}