Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Approval of Type B(U) package designs

6.—(1) A person shall not cause or permit to be carried any Type B(U) package without unilateral approval of the package design for that package or, in the case of a package containing fissile material and requiring approval under regulation 8(1), multilateral approval of the package design for that package.

(2) An application for approval of a package design for a Type B(U) package by the Secretary of State shall include the information specified in Schedule 3.

(3) The approval by the Secretary of State of a package design for a Type B(U) package shall be given by the issue of a package design approval certificate stating that the package design meets the requirements for Type B(U) packages specified in paragraphs 11 and 12 of the Approved Document.

(4) The approval by a competent authority other than the Secretary of State of a package design for a Type B(U) package shall be evidenced by a package design approval certificate issued by that competent authority stating that the package design meets requirements equivalent to those referred to in paragraph (3).