The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002

Radiation protection programme

24.—(1) This regulation applies to every carrier, consignor and consignee involved in the transport of a consignment and in this regulation an “employee” of a carrier, consignor or consignee includes any person who is an agent and any other person of whose services that carrier, consignor or consignee makes use in the transport of a consignment.

(2) Every carrier, consignor and consignee must, as respect his employees, establish a radiation protection programme which—

(a) takes into account the nature and extent of the measures to be taken in respect of the magnitude and likelihood of radiation exposure, and

(b) adopts a structured and systematic approach (including consideration of the interfaces between road transport and other activities).

(3) A carrier, consignor and consignee will be regarded as meeting his obligations under paragraph (2)(a) if he carries out and adheres to the relevant provisions of Part II (general principles and procedures) of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (1999)(1).

(4) Every carrier, consignor and consignee must—

(a) at suitable intervals (not exceeding 3 years) review and, where necessary, revise the radiation protection programme as respects his employees, such review taking into account any changes that have occurred in the transport of radioactive material to which the programme relates as well as any advances in technical knowledge and any material change to the assessment on which the programme was based;

(b) upon a written request made to him by the secretary of state, make his radiation protection programme, or any revision of it, available to the Secretary of State.

(1)

S.I. 1999/3232.