SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Alteration of penalties

The M1Radioactive Substances Act 1960

Annotations:
Marginal Citations

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1

In subsection (2) of section 13 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (which provides among other things that a person who keeps radioactive material or mobile radioactive apparatus or who disposes of or accumulates radioactive waste contrary to the provisions of the Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months) for the words “one hundred pounds” there shall be substituted the word “£400”.

2

In subsection (4) of that section (under which a person who unlawfully discloses information famished or obtained under that Act is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months) for the words “fifty pounds” there shall be substituted the word “£400”.

3

In subsection (5) of that section (under which a person who fails to exhibit a certificate of registration or an authorisation or who obstructs an inspector or fails to provide information is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months) for the words from “fifty pounds” onwards there shall be substituted the words “£100 and on conviction on indictment to a fine”.

4

In subsection (6) of that section (under which a person who pulls down or defaces a certificate or authorisation is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £10) for the words “ten pounds” there shall be substituted the word “£20”.