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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2006.
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Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) (“Part 2A” of “the 1990 Act”) sets out a regime for the identification and remediation of contaminated land. Section 78YC provides that the National Assembly for Wales may apply Part 2A in relation to harm or the pollution of controlled waters, so far as attributable to any radioactivity possessed by any substance.
These Regulations, which apply in relation to Wales, make provision for Part 2A to have effect with modifications for the purpose of the identification and remediation of radioactive contaminated land other than in circumstances where the operator of a nuclear installation is liable under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c. 57), or in related circumstances (see regulation 17).
These Regulations also transpose Articles 48 and 53 of Council Directive 1996/29/Euratom, which lays down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation (OJ No. L 159, 29.06.1996, p.1).
Regulation 5 modifies various definitions in section 78A of the 1990 Act.
Regulation 6 provides for section 78B of the 1990 Act to have effect with a modification to ensure that the local authority's duty of inspection only applies in relation to land that it has reasonable grounds for believing may be contaminated.
Regulation 8 restricts the discretion of the enforcement authority to determine what is reasonable by way of remediation for the purposes of section 78E(4) of the 1990 Act. The effect is to require the enforcement authority to weigh-up the benefit of any intervention against the health detriment and costs arising from such intervention and maximise the benefit of such intervention.
Regulation 14 modifies section 78N of the 1990 Act so as to require the enforcing authority to carry out remediation itself in certain circumstances.
Regulation 17 provides that Part 2A does not apply where land is contaminated land by reason of substances being in, on or under the land, insofar as by reason of that presence damage to any property occurs in breach of certain duties under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, or in related circumstances.
Regulation 18 ensures that the powers of the Environment Agency or local authority under section 108 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) extend to their functions under Part 2A as it applies to harm attributable to radioactivity.
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