The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions for the purposes of this Act—
| the appropriate Minister | section 47(1) |
| article | section 47(1) |
| the chief inspector | section 47(1) |
| contamination | section 47(5) |
| disposal | section 47(1) |
| licensee (in relation to a nuclear site licence) | section 47(1) |
| local authority | section 47(1) |
| mobile radioactive apparatus | section 3 |
| nuclear site | section 47(1) |
| nuclear site licence | section 47(1) |
| period of responsibility (in relation to a nuclear site licence) | section 47(1) |
| premises | section 47(1) |
| prescribed | section 47(1) |
| the prescribed period for determinations | section 47(1) and (2) |
| public or local authority | section 47(1) |
| radioactive material | section 1 |
| radioactive waste | section 2 |
| relevant water body | section 47(1) |
| substance | section 47(1) |
| undertaking | section 47(1) |
| waste | section 47(1) and (4). |
(1) The enactments specified in Schedule 4 shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in that Schedule, being amendments consequential on the preceding provisions of this Act.
(2) The transitional and transitory provisions contained in Schedule 5 shall have effect.
The enactments and instruments specified in Schedule 6 (which include spent enactments) are repealed or, as the case may be, revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule, but subject to any provision at the end of any Part of that Schedule.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Radioactive Substances Act 1993.
(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
Section 1.
| Element | Becquerels per gram (Bq g−1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Solid | Liquid | Gas or Vapour | |
| 1. Actinium | 0.37 | 7.40 × 10−2 | 2.59 × 10−6 |
| 2. Lead | 0.74 | 3.70 × 10−3 | 1.11 × 10−4 |
| 3. Polonium | 0.37 | 2.59 × 10−2 | 2.22 × 10−4 |
| 4. Protoactinium | 0.37 | 3.33 × 10−2 | 1.11 × 10−6 |
| 5. Radium | 0.37 | 3.70 × 10−4 | 3.70 × 10−5 |
| 6. Radon | — | — | 3.70 × 10−2 |
| 7. Thorium | 2.59 | 3.70 × 10−2 | 2.22 × 10−5 |
| 8. Uranium | 11.1 | 0.74 | 7.40 × 10−5 |