Application in relation to a carrier undertaking or planning transportation by ship U.K.

7.—(1) These Regulations apply to a carrier undertaking or planning transportation of nuclear material by ship—

(a) in the case of a carrier who is a United Kingdom person, when a transport of nuclear material is due to commence or is in progress—

(i) within the United Kingdom or its territorial sea; or

(ii) outside the United Kingdom or its territorial sea, to or from any nuclear site or other nuclear premises in the United Kingdom;

(b) in the case of a carrier who is not a United Kingdom person, when a transport of nuclear material is due to commence or is in progress, within the United Kingdom or its territorial sea.

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to the transport of nuclear material in a ship that is owned by the government of a country outside the United Kingdom, or a department or agency of such a government, except at a time when the ship is being used for commercial purposes.

(3) In this regulation any reference to a ship includes reference to a hovercraft.