{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-records-of-convictions-regulations-1992/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1685",
  "legislation_title": "The Radioactive Substances (Records of Convictions) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-records-of-convictions-regulations-1992",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nSections 11A and 20(a) of the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 provide for the appointment for the purposes of the Act of a chief inspector for England and Wales and also a chief inspector for Scotland. Section 13A(1) of the 1960 Act imposes a duty on the chief inspectors to keep and make available to the public copies of certain documents including such records of convictions under section 13 of the Act as may be prescribed in regulations. (Sections 11A, 20(a) and 13A(1) were inserted by the following provisions respectively of the Environmental Protection Act 1990: section 100(1), paragraphs 18(a) and 15 of Schedule 5).\nThese Regulations prescribe the records of convictions, copies of which must be kept and made available to the public by the chief inspectors. The records must, for each conviction, specify the offence, the name of the offender, the date of conviction, the penalty imposed and the name of the Court.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1685/note",
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  "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."
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