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Regulation 25 Radioactive wasteI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

This regulation applies to radioactive waste where it is—

(a)

exempt from the requirement for authorisation by virtue of an order which was made or has effect as if made under section 15(2) of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993f1; and

(b)

subject to an activity falling within Schedule 2, paragraph 38(a) of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and regulation 15 of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005f2.

(2)

Radioactive waste to which this regulation applies shall be treated as waste for the purposes of these regulations.

(3)

Articles 4 and 5 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997f3 shall apply to radioactive waste to which this regulation applies as it applies to controlled waste within the meaning of Article 2(2) of that Order.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 25 in operation at 8.4.2011, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

1993 c. 12

f2

S.R. 2005 No. 300

f3

S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19)