Article 3 Exemption from registration

Subject to paragraph (3) below and the conditions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, a person using premises as a hospital is exempted from registration under section 1 of the Act in respect of those premises in relation to the keeping and use on those premises of radioactive material to which paragraph (2) below applies which is kept or used on the premises for the purposes of medical diagnosis, treatment of patients or supply to another hospital.

This paragraph applies to radioactive material which is solid or liquid, contains no alpha emitters and, in the case of solid material, is not a closed source.

Paragraph (1) does not apply where a registration under section 1 of the Act is in force in respect of the premises.