Environmental Protection Act 1990

Prospective

8 After section 8 of the 1960 Act there shall be inserted the following section—

“8A Retention and production of site or disposal records.

“8A (1) The chief inspector may, by notice served on him, impose on any person to whom a registration under section one or section three of this Act relates or an authorisation under section six or section seven of this Act has been granted such requirements authorised by this section in relation to site or disposal records kept by that person as the chief inspector may specify in the notice.

(2) The requirements that may be imposed on a person under this section in relation to site or disposal records are—

(a) to retain copies of the records for a specified period after he ceases to carry on the activities regulated by his registration or authorisation; or

(b) to furnish the chief inspector with copies of the records in the event of his registration being cancelled or his authorisation being revoked or in the event of his ceasing to carry on the activities regulated by his registration or authorisation.

(3) In relation to authorisations under section six of this Act in so far as the power to grant or revoke such authorisations is exercisable by the chief inspector and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, references in the preceding subsections to the chief inspector shall be construed as references to the chief inspector and that Minister.

(4) In this section, in relation to a registration and the person registered or an authorisation and the person authorised—

• “the activities regulated” by his registration or authorisation means—

(a) in the case of registration under section one of this Act, the keeping or use of radioactive material;

(b) in the case of registration under section three of this Act, the keeping, using, lending or hiring of the mobile radioactive apparatus;

(c) in the case of an authorisation under section six of this Act, the disposal of radioactive waste; and

(d) in the case of an authorisation under section seven of this Act, the accumulation of radioactive waste;

• “records” means records required to be kept by virtue of the conditions attached to the registration or authorisation relating to the activities regulated by the registration or authorisation; and “site records” means records relating to the condition of the premises on which those activities are carried on or, in the case of registration in respect of mobile radioactive apparatus, of any place where the apparatus is kept and “disposal records” means records relating to the disposal of radioactive waste on or from the premises on which the activities are carried on; and

• “specified” means specified in a notice under this section.”