Radioactive Substances (Smoke Detectors) Exemption Order 1980
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1980/953 |
| Year | 1980 |
1980 No. 953
ATOMIC ENERGY AND RADIOACTIVE
SUBSTANCES
The Radioactive Substances (Smoke Detectors) Exemption Order 19808thJuly 1980
17thJuly 1980
7thAugust 1980
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2(6) and (7), 6(5) and 15(3) of the Radioactive Substances Act 1960(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order as follows:—
Citation and commencement
1. This order may be cited as the Radioactive Substances (Smoke Detectors) Exemption Order 1980, and shall come into operation on 7th August 1980.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this order—
"the Act" means the Radioactive Substances Act 1960;
"closed source" means a homogeneous source, a laminated source or a sealed source;
"decay products" means, in relation to any radionuclide, the radionuclides succeeding it in the radioactive series in which it and they occur;
"homogeneous source" means an article free from patent defect which—
(a) is made wholly from a substance which—
(i) is solid, coherent, homogenous and tough; and
(ii) is radioactive material or a mixture of radioactive material and material which is not radioactive material, or
(b) is made partly from, or incorporates, such a substance and is radioactive material solely because of the presence of that substance;
"incorporated source" means a closed source incorporated in a smoke detector;
"laminated source" means an article free from patent defect consisting of a layer of coherent radioactive material sandwiched between and securely bonded to layers of coherent, inert and tough material which is not radioactive material;
(a) 1960 c. 34.
"sealed source" means radioactive material sealed in a container (otherwise than solely for the purpose of storage, transport or disposal) or bonded wholly within material, the immediate container or the bonding being of adequate mechanical strength and free from patent defect and not being radioactive material; and includes the immediate container or the bonding;
"the Secretary of State" means the Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales;
"smoke detector" means any apparatus, equipment or appliance designed or constructed for the purpose of detecting smoke;
"waste collection authority" means a local authority which is a collection authority within the meaning of section 30 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974(a).
(2) Any reference in this order to a numbered Article shall be construed as a reference to the Article bearing that number in the order.
Exemption from registration under section 1 of the Act
3. Subject to the provisions of Articles 5 and 6, any person who, on any premises which are used for the purposes of any undertaking carried on by him, keeps or uses or causes or permits to be kept or used any radioactive material to which this Article applies is hereby granted exemption from registration under section 1 of the Act...
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