Point in time view as at 28/03/2011. This version of this provision has been superseded.
The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, Section 47 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
47.—(1) This regulation applies to radioactive waste where it is—
(a)exempt from the requirement for an environmental permit by virtue of a specified order M1; and
(b)subject to a radioactive substances activity falling within paragraph 5(2)(b) or (c) or (4) of Part 2 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.
(2) Radioactive waste to which this regulation applies must be treated as waste for the purposes of these Regulations.
(3) Sections 33 to 34C of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 apply to radioactive waste to which this regulation applies.
(4) In this regulation—
“environmental permit” has the meaning given in regulation 13(1) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010;
“radioactive waste” and “radioactive substances activity” have the meanings given in paragraphs 4 and 5 of Part 2 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010;
“specified order” means—
Marginal Citations
M1See regulation 72 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675).
M4S.I. 1986/1002, amended by S.I. 1992/647.
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