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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-substances-of-low-activity-exemption-order-1986/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1002",
  "legislation_title": "The Radioactive Substances (Substances of Low Activity) Exemption Order 1986",
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  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exclusion of radioactive waste from section 6 of the Act",
  "text": "Radioactive waste of the following descriptions is excluded from the provisions of section 6(1) and (3) of the Act (authorisation required to dispose of radioactive waste), namely—\n(a) a solid, other than a closed source, which is substantially insoluble in water, the activity of which, when it becomes waste, does not exceed 0.4 becquerels per gram of mass;\n(b) an organic liquid which is radioactive solely because of the presence of carbon 14, or tritium (or both), the activity of which, when it becomes waste, does not exceed 0.4 becquerels per millilitre; or\n(c) a gas containing one or more radionuclides none of which, nor the decay products of which, has a half life greater than 100 seconds.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/647",
      "affecting_title": "The Radioactive Substances (Substances of Low Activity) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/647",
      "affecting_title": "The Radioactive Substances (Substances of Low Activity) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1992"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1002/article/3",
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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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