Radioactive Substances (Smoke Detectors) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1991
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1991/477 |
| Year | 1991 |
1991 No. 477
ATOMIC ENERGY AND RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
The Radioactive Substances (Smoke Detectors) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1991
Made 6th March 1991
Laid before Parliament 11th March 1991
Coming into force 1st April 1991
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) and 15(3) of the Radioactive Substances Act 19601and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Radioactive Substances (Smoke Detectors) Exemption (Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.
2.—(1) The Radioactive Substances (Smoke Detectors) Exemption Order 19802shall be amended as follows.
(2) In Article 2(1) there shall be omitted the definition of “the Secretary of State”.
(3) In Article 6—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “does not exceed 100” there shall be substituted the words “does not exceed 500 and, in a case where the total number of such smoke detectors present on the premises at any given time exceeds 10O, subject also to the conditions specified in paragraph (1A) of this Article”;
(b)
(b) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“1A The conditions to which the preceding paragraph refers are—
(a) that all reasonably practicable measures are taken to ensure that each such smoke detector, except when on display for the purpose of sale, is kept in a store which—
(i) is constructed, maintained and used so as to prevent the loss or unauthorised removal of the smoke detector;
(ii) is constructed of non-combustible materials;
(iii) does not contain and is not located close to any explosive or flammable material; and
(iv) is clearly and legibly marked with the word “Radioactive” and the radiation symbol conforming to the specification for a basic symbol to denote the actual or potential presence of ionizing radiation published by the British Standards Institution and numbered BS 3510:19683or the basic ionizing radiation symbol published by the International Organisation for Standardization and numbered ISO 361:1975; and
(b) that all reasonably practicable measures are taken to...
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