The Radioactive Substances (Phosphatic Substances, Rare Earths etc.) Exemption Order 1962

Descriptions of radioactive material to which exemption relates

4.  The last preceding Article applies to radioactive material falling within any of the following descriptions, that is to say,—

(a) a substance which is radioactive material solely because of the presence of one or more of the Schedule 3 elements, being—

(i) a solid or liquid substance in which the number of microcuries of each of the Schedule 3 elements present, divided by the number of grammes which the substance weighs, does not exceed 4×10⁻⁴; or

(ii) a solid or liquid substance which consists mainly of one or more of the listed elements or of a compound or compounds of one or more of those elements, being a substance in which the number of microcuries of each of the Schedule 3 elements present, divided by the number of grammes which the substance weighs, does not exceed 1×10⁻³; or

(iii) an alloy which is prepared by adding one or more of the listed elements to some other metal or metals (not being radioactive material) and in which the number of microcuries of each of the Schedule 3 elements present, divided by the number of grammes which the alloy weighs, does not exceed 1 × 10⁻³

(b) an article made wholly from a substance falling within the preceding paragraph;

(c) an article which is made partly from, or incorporates, such a substance and which is radioactive material solely because of the presence of that substance;

(d) a lighter flint which is made partly from, or incorporates, one or more of the listed elements and which is radioactive material solely because of the presence of one or more of the Schedule 3 elements.