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Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (2007 No 3245)
Specified date: 10 December 2007: see above.
In these Regulations “the 2006 Regulations” means the Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006.
Specified date: 10 December 2007: see reg 1.
3Amendments
“Section 78A (preliminary)5
(1) Section 78A (preliminary) has effect with the following modifications.
and in determining whether any land appears to be such land, a local authority shall, subject to subsection (5) below, act in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 78YA below with respect to the manner in which that determination is to be made.
(2A) “Land contaminated by a nuclear occurrence” means land which is contaminated land by reason of the presence in, on or under that land of any substances, in so far as by reason of that presence damage to that land has occurred, being—
(b) damage which would have been so caused or would have been deemed by section 12(2) of the 1965 Act to have been so caused if, in section 7(1)(a) or (b) of that Act, the words “other than the licensee” or, in section 10(1) of that Act, the words “other than that operator” had not been enacted; or
(ii) if any such relevant foreign law which does not contain provision made for purposes corresponding to those of section 13(4)(b) of the 1965 Act did contain such provision.”.
(a) before the definition of “the appropriate Agency”, insert—
““the 1965 Act” means the Nuclear Installations Act 1965;”;
(b) omit the definitions of “controlled waters” and “pollution of controlled waters”;
(c) after the definition of “heritable security” insert—
““licensee”, “relevant foreign law” and “relevant foreign operator” have the meanings given by section 26(1) of the 1965 Act;”;
(d) 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 which contains radionuclides which have resulted from the after-effects of a radiological emergency or which are or have been processed as part of a past practice or past work activity, but shall not include radon gas or the following radionuclides: Po-218, Pb-214, At-218, Bi-214, Rn-218, Po-214 and Tl-210;”; and
(c) after the definition of “unitary authority”, insert—
“and any other word or expression used both in this Part and in Council Directive 96/29/Euratom, laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation has the same meaning for the purposes of this Part as it has in that Directive.”.”.
(3) For regulation 9, substitute—
“Section 78F (determination of the appropriate person to bear responsibility for remediation)9
(1) Section 78F (determination of the appropriate person to bear responsibility for remediation) has effect with the following modifications—
“(1A) In relation to any land contaminated by a nuclear occurrence, the Secretary of State is deemed to be the appropriate person.”;
(b) for subsection (2), substitute—
“(2) Except where subsection (1A) applies and subject to the following provisions of this section, any person, or any of the persons, who caused or knowingly permitted the substances, or any of the substances, by reason of which the contaminated land in question is such land to be in, on or under that land is an appropriate person.”; and
(c) in subsection (9), after “biological process”, insert “or radioactive decay”.”.
(4) For regulation 11, substitute—
“Section 78H (restrictions and prohibitions on serving remediation notices)11
Section 78H (restrictions and prohibitions on serving remediation notices) has effect with the following modifications—
(a) in subsection (4) omit “, or serious pollution of controlled waters,”; and
(b) in paragraph (c) of subsection (5), after “the authority itself” insert “or the Secretary of State by virtue of section 78F(1A)”.”.
(5) For regulation 14, substitute—
“Section 78N (powers of the enforcing authority to carry out remediation)14
(1) Section 78N (powers of the enforcing authority to carry out remediation) has effect with the following modifications.
“(1A) The enforcing authority shall exercise its power under subsection (1) in any case falling within paragraph (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of subsection (3).
(1B) In relation to any land which is not land contaminated by a nuclear occurrence, the Secretary of State may make available to the enforcing authority a sum of money in respect of costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred by the enforcing authority (or by a person on its behalf) in relation to the exercise of its duty under subsection (1A) provided that—
(b) the total amount made available does not exceed the difference between the amount of such costs and expenses and the amount of such provision.
(1C) In relation to any land contaminated by a nuclear occurrence, the Secretary of State shall make available to the enforcing authority a sum of money in respect of costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred by the enforcing authority (or by a person on its behalf) in relation to the exercise of its duty under subsection (1A).”.
(a) in paragraph (a), omit “, or serious pollution of controlled waters,”;
(b) in paragraph (d), omit “78J or”; and
(c) at the end of paragraph (f), insert—
(g) where section 78F(1A) applies”.
(5) In subsection (4)(d), omit “78J or”.
(b) any land adjoining or adjacent to that land.”.”.
(6) For regulation 17, substitute—
“Section 78YB (interaction of Part 2A with other enactments)17
(1) Section 78YB (interaction of Part 2A with other enactments) has effect with the following modifications.
“(5) Nothing in this Part applies in respect of land which, except for this subsection, would otherwise fall to be regarded as contaminated land within a nuclear site.
(6) Nothing in this Part applies in respect of land which, except for this subsection, would otherwise fall to be regarded as contaminated land on a site—
(a) in respect of which there is no nuclear site licence in force; and
(b) which is used by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence for a purpose which, if section 1 of the 1965 Act applied to the Crown, would require the authority of a nuclear site licence in respect of that site.
(7) Nothing in this Part applies in respect of land which, except for this subsection, would otherwise fall to be regarded as contaminated land if—
(a) action is required to be taken by a local authority under paragraph (2) of regulation 13 (implementation of emergency plans) of the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001; and
(b) that action would for the purposes of Part 2A amount to remediation of the relevant land.
(a) a nuclear site licence is for the time being in force; or
(b) after the revocation or surrender of a nuclear site licence, the period of responsibility of the licensee has not come to an end; and
“licensed site”, “nuclear site licence” and, in relation to a licensee, “period of responsibility” have the meaning given by section 26(1) of the 1965 Act.”.”.
(7) After regulation 18, insert—
“Modification of the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 200619
The Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006 apply with the modification that in regulation 7, after paragraph (1)(n) there is inserted—
“(na) that the enforcing authority itself has power, in a case falling within section 78N(3)(g), to do what is appropriate by way of remediation;”.”.
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4Revocations
Regulation 4 of, and the Schedule to, the 2006 Regulations are revoked.
Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c 43) (“Part 2A” of “the 1990 Act”) sets out a regime for the identification and remediation of contaminated land. In England the Radioactive Contaminated Land (Enabling Powers) (England) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/3467) apply the powers under the 1990 Act to make regulations and guidance in relation to radioactive substances and the Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1379) (“the 2006 Regulations”) make provision for Part 2A to have effect with modifications for the purpose of the identification and remediation of radioactive contaminated land.
The 2006 Regulations exclude circumstances where civil liability for damage to the land is regulated, for the purposes of the Paris Convention on third party liability in the field of nuclear energy, by the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c 57) or foreign law. The effect of these Regulations is to amend the 2006 Regulations so as to apply the modifications they make to Part 2A to all radioactivity (paragraphs (2) to (6) of regulation 3) and to modify the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1380) to provide for a new ground of appeal against a remediation notice (regulation 3(7)).
These Regulations also implement obligations arising under Articles 48 and 53 of Council Directive 1996/29/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation (OJ No L 159, 29.06.1996, p 1).
A full regulatory impact assessment was produced in relation to the 2006 Regulations and that remains relevant to these Regulations. As such a further full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no additional impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. A Transposition Note in relation to these Regulations has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies of this document can be obtained from the Radioactive Substances Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Room 4C, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2AL.
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