{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-luminous-articles-exemption-order-1985/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-luminous-articles-exemption-order-1985/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1048",
  "legislation_title": "The Radioactive Substances (Luminous Articles) Exemption Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-luminous-articles-exemption-order-1985",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exclusion of luminous radioactive waste from section 6(1) of the Act",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the conditions set out in paragraph (2), luminous radioactive waste is hereby excluded from the provisions of section 6(1) of the Act (authorisation required to dispose of radioactive waste).\n(2) The conditions mentioned in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) that the waste is disposed of—\n(i) by removal as refuse by a waste collection authority or its contractor;\n(ii) by despatch to, or by removal by, a person authorised under section 6(3) of the Act to dispose of such waste; or\n(iii) by despatch to, or removal by, a manufacturer of Class A or Class B articles; and\n(b) that where such waste is disposed of by removal by a waste collection authority or its contractor—\n(i) the waste is dispersed in refuse which is not radioactive waste; and\n(ii) in aggregate not more than 10, or parts of 10, former Class A and Class B articles are disposed of from the premises in this manner in any week.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1048/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:07:46.381092+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."
}