SCHEDULE 23 E+W Radioactive substances activities

PART 4 E+W The Basic Safety Standards Directive

SECTION 1 E+W Exposures and doses

Optimisation and dose limits E+W

1.  In respect of a radioactive substances activity that relates to radioactive waste, the regulator must exercise its relevant functions to ensure that—

(a) all exposures to ionising radiation of any member of the public and of the population as a whole resulting from the disposal of radioactive waste are kept as low as reasonably achievable, taking into account economic and social factors, and

(b) the sum of the doses resulting from the exposure of any member of the public to ionising radiation does not exceed the dose limits set out in [F1 Article 12] of the Basic Safety Standards Directive subject to the exclusions set out in [F2 Article 5(c)] of that Directive.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 1(b) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 11(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 1(b) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 11(b)