4.—(1) Before the carriage of a package begins, the consignor [F1and the carrier] of that package shall ensure that there is a plan in writing setting out such emergency arrangements as are appropriate for the carriage of that package.
(2) The plan shall be prepared having regard to—
(a)the principle that intervention is to be undertaken only if the damage due to the radiation resulting from the radiation emergency is sufficient to justify the potential harm and the potential cost (including the social cost) of that intervention;
(b)the principle that the form, scale and duration of the intervention should ensure that the benefit to health will be greater than any harm that might be associated with the intervention itself;
(c)the dose limits provided for in Schedule 4 to the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000; and
(d)the levels of radiation dose applicable in an emergency that are specified by the [F2Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland pursuant to its functions under section 58 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012].
(3) To the extent that the plan is used in relation to carriage on more than one occasion, the consignor [F3and the carrier] shall review and, whenever necessary, revise his emergency arrangements and shall ensure that at suitable intervals they are tested.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(1) inserted (10.11.2011) by The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) (Regulations) (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/365), regs. 1, 10(2)(a)
F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(2)(d) substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 158
F3Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(3) inserted (10.11.2011) by The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) (Regulations) (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/365), regs. 1, 10(2)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 4 in operation at 19.5.2010, see reg. 1