S.L. 585.1 Art. 35Exemption from notification.

(1) The following justified practices do not need to be notified:

(a) radioactive materials where the quantities of the activity involved do not exceed in total the exemption values set out in Table B, Activity Column (Bq), of the Sixth Schedule, or higher values that, for specific applications, are approved by the Commission and satisfy the general exemption and clearance criteria set out in the Sixth Schedule ; or

(b) without prejudice to regulation 34(6) radioactive materials where the activity concentrations do not exceed the exemption values set out in Table A, Activity Concentration -1 Column (kBq kg ), of the Sixth Schedule, or higher values that, for specific applications, are approved by the Commission and satisfy the general exemption and clearance criteria set out in the Sixth Schedule; or

(c) apparatus containing a sealed source, provided that:

(i) the apparatus is of a type approved by the

(ii) the apparatus does not cause, in normal -1 operating conditions, a dose rate exceeding 1 μSv h at a distance of 10cm from any accessible surface; and

(iii) conditions for recycling or disposal have been specified by the Commission; or

(d) any electrical apparatus provided that:

(i) it is a cathode ray tube intended for the display of visual images, or other electrical apparatus operating at a potential difference not exceeding 30 kilo volt (kV), or it is of a type approved by the Commission; and

(ii) it does not cause, in normal operating conditions, a dose rate exceeding 1 μSv h-1 at a distance of 10cm m from any accessible surface.

(2) The Commission may exempt specific types of practices from the notification requirement subject to compliance with the general exemption criteria established in paragraph 3 of the Sixth Schedule, on the basis of an assessment showing that exemption is the best option.