Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Maritime or air carriage

29.—(1) This regulation applies to the carriage of radioactive material prior to or following maritime carriage or air carriage.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where any provision of regulations 6 to 19 applies to a matter to which the ICAO Technical Instructions or, as the case may be, the IMDG Code apply, the provisions of the regulation in question shall be deemed to be sufficiently complied with in relation to that matter, if –

(a) the provisions of the ICAO Technical Instructions or, as the case may be, of the IMDG Code; and

(b) such of the conditions specified in paragraph (4) as are relevant to the matter,

are satisfied in relation to that matter.

(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply where the radioactive material in question is not considered to be dangerous goods in accordance with the provisions of the ICAO Technical Instructions or, as the case may be, the IMDG Code.

(4) The conditions referred to in paragraph (2) are –

(a) if packages are not marked, placarded and labelled in accordance with RID, then they shall bear markings and danger labels in accordance with the ICAO Technical Instructions or, as the case may be, the IMDG Code;

(b) the ICAO Technical Instructions or, as the case may be, the IMDG Code shall apply to mixed packing within a package;

(c) containers, portable tanks, or tank containers and wagons containing a full load of packages shall be marked, placarded and labelled in accordance with Chapter 5.3 of the IMDG Code, unless they are marked, placarded and labelled in accordance with RID Chapter 5.3; and

(d) portable tanks and tank containers which are empty and uncleaned shall be marked, placarded and labelled in accordance with Chapter 5.3 of the IMDG Code, unless they are marked, placarded and labelled in accordance with RID Chapter 5.3.

(5) In this regulation –

(a) “the ICAO Technical Instructions” means the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, as revised or re-issued from time to time by the International Civil Aviation Organisation(1); and

(b) “the IMDG Code” means the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods, as revised or re-issued from time to time by the International Maritime Organisation(2).

(1)

ICAO Doc 9284-AN/905 ISBN 92-9194-010-0. Copies may be purchased from Westward Documedia, 37 Windsor Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 2DG

(2)

Current edition; ISBN 92 801 5090 1; supplement ISBN 92 801 5093 6