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Radioactive Substances Act 1993

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Further obligations relating to registration or authorisation

19Duty to display documents

At all times while—

(a)a person is registered in respect of any premises under section 7, or

(b)an authorisation granted in respect of any premises under section 13(1) or 14 is for the time being in force,

the person to whom the registration relates, or to whom the authorisation was granted, as the case may be, shall cause copies of the certificate of registration or authorisation issued to him under this Act to be kept posted on the premises, in such characters and in such positions as to be conveniently read by persons having duties on those premises which are or may be affected by the matters set out in the certificate.

20Retention and production of site or disposal records

(1)The chief inspector may, by notice served on any person to whom a registration under section 7 or 10 relates or an authorisation under section 13 or 14 has been granted, impose on him 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 13 so far as the power to grant or revoke such authorisations is exercisable by the chief inspector and the appropriate Minister, references in subsections (1) and (2) of this section 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 7, the keeping or use of radioactive material,

    (b)

    in the case of registration under section 10, the keeping, using, lending or hiring of the mobile radioactive apparatus,

    (c)

    in the case of an authorisation under section 13, the disposal of radioactive waste, and

    (d)

    in the case of an authorisation under section 14, 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.

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