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

Training of persons involved in the carriage of radioactive material

20.—(1) A relevant employer shall ensure that each of his employees who has responsibilities relating to the carriage of radioactive material has received the information, instruction and training appropriate to those responsibilities to enable him to understand –

(a) the nature of the dangers to which radioactive material being carried may give rise;

(b) the precautions the employee should take to ensure that –

(i) his exposure to radiation; and

(ii) the exposure to radiation of other people who may be affected by the actions of the employee,

are restricted;

(c) the action the employee should take in an emergency involving radioactive material;

(d) the requirements of these Regulations and RID relating to the carriage of radioactive material; and

(e) the duties of the employee under these Regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the 1978 Order.

(2) A relevant employer and each employee of that employer who has responsibilities relating to the carriage of radioactive material shall keep a record of the training received by that employee pursuant to paragraph (1) whilst in the employment of the relevant employer.

(3) Where a person has been employed by a relevant employer and that person is employed by another relevant employer, that other relevant employer –

(a) at the commencement of the employment of that person, shall request that person to furnish him with a copy of the record of training maintained by that person in accordance with this regulation; and

(b) shall verify the contents of that record.

(4) An employee who is requested, pursuant to paragraph (3), to provide a copy of the record of training maintained by him, shall provide such a copy within seven days of the day on which the request was made.

(5) In this regulation, “relevant employer” means –

(a) the operator of a train used for the carriage of radioactive material;

(b) a facility owner;

(c) a consignor of radioactive material;

(d) a consignee of radioactive material;

(e) the operator of a wagon, a container, a tank container, a portable tank or a tank wagon used in the carriage of radioactive material;

(f) an infrastructure controller whose railway is used in connection with the carriage of radioactive material;

(g) any other person who, in the course of trade, business or other undertaking, carries out work relating to the carriage of radioactive material.