14. Director‑General may dispose of radioactive waste

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• authorised officer

  authorised officer

  Defined · s 2

  “authorised officer” means any person appointed as an authorised officer under section 4(2), and includes the Director‑General;

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• Director-General

  Director-General

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  “Director-General” means the Director‑General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999;

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• disposal

  disposal

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  “disposal”, in relation to waste, includes —(a)its removal, deposit or destruction;(b)its discharge, whether onto land, into water or air, into a sewer or drain, or otherwise; and(c)its burial, whether underground or otherwise,and “dispose of” is to be construed accordingly;

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• owner

  owner

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  “owner”, in relation to any premises, includes —(a)the person for the time being receiving the rent for the premises, whether on the person’s own account or as an agent or a trustee for any other person, or the person who would so receive the rent if the premises were let to a tenant; and(b)the person whose name is entered in the Valuation List prepared under section 10 of the Property Tax Act 1960;

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• premises

  premises

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  “premises” includes —(a)messuages, houses, buildings and lands, whether open or enclosed, and whether public or private;(b)any place underground and any land covered by water; and(c)any structure or conveyance;

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• radioactive waste

  radioactive waste

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  “radioactive waste” means any waste which consists wholly or partly of —(a)the substance or article which, if it were not waste, would be radioactive material; or(b)a substance or an article which has been contaminated in the course of the production, keeping or use of radioactive material or by contact with, or proximity to other waste falling within paragraph (a);

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