SCHEDULE 23Radioactive substances activities

PART 6Radioactive substances activity exemptions

SECTION 3Exemption for keeping or using mobile radioactive apparatus

Exemption for keeping or using mobile radioactive apparatus8

1

A person (“A”) is exempt from the requirement for an environmental permit to carry on the radioactive substances activity described in paragraph 11(5) of Part 2 of this Schedule in respect of—

a

a mobile radioactive apparatus described in an entry in column 1 of Table 4 where—

i

that apparatus contains a quantity of radionuclides that does not exceed the value specified in column 2 of Table 4 in respect of an apparatus of that description, and

ii

A complies with the conditions in sub-paragraph (2), or

b

mobile radioactive apparatus stored in transit.

2

The conditions in this sub-paragraph are that A must—

a

ensure that in relation to the total amount of all such mobile radioactive apparatus that A holds, the quantity of radionuclides does not exceed the value specified, in respect of an apparatus of that description, in column 3 of Table 4, and

b

comply with the relevant standard conditions.