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Given the length of time that it takes for a new rail link to be put in place and given the number of major transport infrastructure projects that are being planned, the danger is that the whole system could grind to a halt if we do not sort the procedures out.
I will try to keep my comments fairly brief.The regulations will introduce new levels of planning fees, which, if approved by the committee, will come into effect in two stages: the first stage on 1 June 2004; and the second stage on 1 April 2005.
The safety threshold that those guidelines set has been lower than that set by National Radiological Protection Board guidelines.I know that the Executive is trying to balance the concern that exists against the need to ensure that we roll out the new technology across Scotland as swiftly as possible.
We have discussed the importance of such grey material at a previous meeting. It is good news that we are to receive that information; it will give us a good starting point.
There is also the question of the Fairchild case, which is worrying because case law might not be helpful there, and there is a suggestion that new legislation to assist us with that might be needed.