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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5U.K. Further Amendments of the Radioactive Substances Act 1960

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 5 amended (transfer of functions) by S.I. 1990/2598, art. 2

Part IU.K. Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments

Amendments relating to appointment of chief inspectorU.K.

1(1)Section 8 of the 1960 Act (requirement for disposal etc. of radioactive waste to be authorised by both chief inspector and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1) for the words “those Ministers” there shall be substituted the words “the chief inspector and the Minister”.

(3)In subsection (4) for the words “Minister or Ministers granting the authorisation” there shall be substituted the words “chief inspector or, as the case may be, the chief inspector and the Minister”.

(4)In subsection (5) for the words “Minister or Ministers concerned” where they first appear, there shall be substituted the words “chief inspector or, as the case may be, the chief inspector and the Minister”.

(5)In subsections (6) and (8) for the words “Minister or Ministers concerned”, and in subsection (7) for the words “Minister or Ministers”, there shall be substituted the words “chief inspector or, as the case may be, the chief inspector and the Minister”.

2(1)In section 9 (functions of public and local authorities) in subsection (3) and (4) for the words “of those Ministers” there shall be substituted the words “the chief inspector or the Minister”.

(2)In section 12(2), for the words “the preceding subsection” there shall be substituted the words “section 11A of this Act”.

3In section 19 (general interpretation), after the definition of “the Authority” there shall be inserted the following definition—

the chief inspector” means the chief inspector appointed under subsection (2) of section 11A of this Act;.