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The Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 1996

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3.—(1) The Health and Safety Commission shall approve and publish for the purposes of these Regulations a document entitled “Approved Requirements for the Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail” which shall contain—

(a)in Part I, the requirements for packages and packagings;

(b)in Part II, the test procedures for radioactive material and packages;

(c)in Part III, the information requirements concerning the preparation of radioactive material;

(d)in Part IV, the requirements for tanks; and

(e)explanatory notes and other material requisite for the use of the document.

(2) The Health and Safety Commission may approve a revision of the Approved Document and, when it does so, the Commission shall within 3 months of the date of that approval publish, in such manner as it considers appropriate, a notice specifying the revision, the date on which it was approved and the date on which it takes effect, which last-mentioned date shall be not less than 6 months after the date of the approval of the revision.

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