The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002

Retention and production of information

72.—(1) The consignor of any consignment must retain for 2 years from the date on which the transport of that consignment begins any information in his possession derived from measurements of contamination of that consignment.

(2) The user of any package, packaging or special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material shall retain any information in his possession relating to the design, manufacture, testing, use and maintenance of that package, packaging or material, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) specifications, calculations, test results, quality assurance programmes and manufacturing records, for so long as the package, packaging or material is in use for the transport of radioactive material and for a period of at least two years after the final use of the package, packaging or material.

(3) An inspector may require the user of any package, packaging or special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material to produce such information in his possession relating to that package, packaging or material as the inspector may specify.

(4) In paragraphs (2) and (3) “user” has the same meaning as in paragraph (5) of regulation 18 (quality and compliance assurance programmes, prohibitions etc.)