The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

Interpretation

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(2) In this Order

“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;

“inspector” means—

(a)

an inspector appointed under Article 9; or

(b)

a person appointed by the Department as an inspector of vehicles for the purposes of Article 57 of the Road Traffi;c (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2);

“packaging”, in relation to radioactive material which has been consigned for transport, means an assembly of packaging components which encloses the material completely;

“packaging components” means components intended for use as part of the packaging of such material, and includes—

(a)

receptacles, absorbent materials, spacing structures and radiation shielding; and

(b)

devices for cooling, for absorbing mechanical shocks and for thermal insulation;

“radioactive material” has the meaning given in Article 3;

“radioactive package” means a package comprising radioactive material which has been consigned for transport and its packaging;

“transport” means transport by road.

(1)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

(2)

1981 NI 1