{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-luminous-articles-exemption-order-1985/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-luminous-articles-exemption-order-1985/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Accumulation of waste",
  "text": "Luminous radioactive waste is hereby excluded from the provisions of section 7(1) of the Act (restrictions on the accumulation of radioactive waste) subject, except in the case of an accumulation by a waste collection or disposal authority or a manufacturer of Class A or B articles, to the conditions that—\n(a) where the waste is to be removed by a waste collection authority or its contractor—\n(i) it is dispersed in refuse which is non-radioactive waste; and\n(ii) the refuse in which it is dispersed is removed as soon as practicable and in any event within 2 weeks after the accumulation begins; and\n(b) in any other case, it is disposed of as soon as practicable in a way mentioned in Article 4(2)(a) (ii) or (iii) of this order.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}