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Regulations 6 & 27(1)(a) & (2)

SCHEDULE 20Contents of transport document

The transport document for a consignment shall include, in respect of each package included in the consignment, the following:

1.  The document shall be headed with or shall contain a reference to the title of these Regulations.

2.  The name of the consignor, and an address and telephone number by which he can be contacted in the event of an accident occuring to the consignment.

3.  The name and address of the consignee.

4.  The proper shipping name, as specified in Schedule 37.

5.  The United Nations Class Number “7”.

6.  The words “RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL” unless these words are contained in the proper shipping name.

7.  The United Nations Number assigned to the material as specified in Schedule 37, the number is to be prefixed with the letters “UN”.

8.  For LSA material, the group notation “LSA-I”, “LSA-II” or “LSA-III”, as appropriate.

9.  For SCO, the group notation “SCO-I” or “SCO-II”, as appropriate.

10.  The name or symbol of each radionuclide or, for mixtures of radionuclides, an appropriate general description or a list of the most restrictive nuclides.

11.  A description of the physical and chemical form of the material, or a notation that the material is special form radioactive material. A generic chemical description is acceptable for chemical form.

12.  The maximum activity of the radioactive contents during transport expressed in units of Bq. For fissile material, the total mass of fissible material in units of grams (g), or appropriate multiples thereof, may be used in place of activity.

13.  The category of the package, i.e., I-WHITE, II-YELLOW, or III-YELLOW.

14.  The Transport Index (TI) (categories II-YELLOW and III-YELLOW only).

15.  All items and materials transported under the provisions for excepted packages (see Schedules 3, 4 and 5) shall be described in the transport document as “RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, EXCEPTED PACKAGE,” and shall include the proper shipping name of the substance or article being transported from the list of United Nations Numbers (see Schedule 37).

16.  For a consignment of fissile material, where all of the packages in the consignment are excepted under Schedule 8, the words “FISSILE EXCEPTED”.

17.  The identification mark for each competent authority approval certificate (special form radioactive material, special arrangement, package design, or shipment) applicable to the consignment.

18.  For consignments of packages in an overpack or freight container, a detailed statement of the contents of each package within the overpack or freight container and, where appropriate, of each overpack or freight container in the consignment. If packages are to be removed from the overpack or freight container at a point of intermediate unloading, appropriate transport documentation shall be made available.

19.  Where a consignment is required to be shipped under exclusive use, the statement “EXCLUSIVE USE SHIPMENT”.

20.  A declaration signed and dated by the consignor in the following terms or in terms having an equivalent meaning:

I hereby declare that the contents of this consignment are fully and accurately described above by proper shipping name and are classified, packed, marked and labelled, and are in all respects in proper condition for transport by road according to the applicable international and national governmental regulations.

A facsimile signature is authorised.

No such declaration is required for any part of the consignment already covered by any international convention which requires a similar declaration as a condition of transport.