The Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Made: 23rd August 2010

Laid before Parliament: 2nd September 2010

Coming into operation: 30th September 2010

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and come into operation on 30th September 2010.

Amendment

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• (1) The Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00003] are amended as follows.

• (2) In paragraph (2) of regulation 2 for the definition of “substance” substitute—

• “substance” means, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour, any substance containing radionuclides which have resulted from the after-effects of a radiological emergency or have been processed as part of a past practice or past work activity;

Signed

Charles Hendry — Minister of State, — Department of Energy and Climate Change — 23rd August 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations further amend the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. (NI) 2006 No 345). The amendments made by these Regulations substitute a new definition of “substance” for the purposes of the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: The Secretary of State is so designated by S.I. 1991/2289.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: S.R. (NI) 2006 No 345 as amended by S.I. 2007/3236.