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

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I INTRODUCTION

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Meaning of “operator”

   4. 4. Application

   5. 5. Revocations

3. PART II GENERAL

   1. 6. Determination of radioactive material

   2. 7. Determination of the transport index

   3. 8. Determination of the criticality safety index

   4. 9. Duties of a consignor of radioactive material

   5. 10. Duties of a train operator

   6. 11. Duties of a consignee

   7. 12. Duties of the operator of a wagon, a container, a tank container, a portable tank and a tank wagon

   8. 13. Duties of the designers of packages and manufacturers of packagings

4. PART III APPROVALS AND NOTIFICATIONS

   1. 14. Approval of package designs

   2. 15. Approval of design for special form radioactive material and for low dispersible radioactive material

   3. 16. Shipment approvals other than approvals for shipments under special arrangement

   4. 17. Approval of shipments under special arrangement

   5. 18. Notification and registration of serial numbers

5. PART IV QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TRAINING

   1. 19. Quality assurance

   2. 20. Training of persons involved in the carriage of radioactive material

6. PART V SECURITY MEASURES AND EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS

   1. 21. Security

   2. 22. Emergencies

   3. 23. Emergency plans

   4. 24. Marshalling and formation of trains

   5. 25. Prevention of fire, explosion and leakage

7. PART VI MISCELLANEOUS

   1. 26. Keeping of information

   2. 27. Exemption certificates

   3. 28. Defence

   4. 29. Maritime or air carriage

   5. 30. Amendments to the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

   6. 31. Amendments to the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

8. Signature

9. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      DEFINITIONS OF “MINE” AND “OWNER”

      1. PART I definition of “mine”

         1. 1. In these Regulations, the expression “mine” means an excavation or...

         2. 2. For the purposes of these Regulations, subject to paragraph 3,...

         3. 3. For the purposes of these Regulations, there shall not be...

         4. 4. For the purposes of these Regulations, premises for the time...

         5. 5. For the purposes of these Regulations, a railway line serving...

         6. 6. For the purposes of these Regulations, a conveyor or aerial...

      2. PART II meaning of “owner”

         1. 7. Subject to paragraph 8, in these Regulations, the expression “owner”...

         2. 8. Where the business of a person who, by virtue of...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      REVOCATIONS

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      AMENDMENTS TO THE RADIATION (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2001

      1. 1. Interpretation

      2. 2. Amendment of the principal Regulations

      3. 3. In regulation 2(1) – (a) the definition “the 1998 Regulations”...

      4. 4. In regulation 3 – (a) in paragraph (1), for the...

      5. 5. In regulation 18(3), for the words “to the extent that...

      6. 6. In regulation 19, for the words “regulations 17 and 21”...

      7. 7. Regulation 22 shall be revoked.

      8. 8. In Note 3 to Part I of Schedule 4, for...

10. Explanatory Note