The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Where an operator considers that equipment presents a risk, that operator must inform the owner and the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland of the risk.

Authorised Representatives

Reassessment of conformity

Periodic inspection and repeated use

Misleading and other markings

PART1 — Radiation Emergencies

Interpretation of Part 1

Evaluation and risk assessment

Emergency plans

Principles and purposes of emergency plans

Review and testing of emergency plan

Duties of drivers, escort commanders, masters, carriers and consignors in the event of a radiation emergency

Emergency exposures: employees

Disapplication of dose limits

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• (1) Regulation 12 of the 2017 Regulations does not apply to an emergency worker, where that emergency worker—

• (a) is engaged in preventing the occurrence of a radiation emergency; or

• (b) is acting to mitigate the consequences of a radiation emergency.

• (2) An emergency worker may be exposed to an effective dose not exceeding 500mSv whilst they are undertaking the activities set out in sub-paragraph (1).

Reference levels

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• (1) The carrier and consignor shall ensure the emergency plan prioritises keeping doses below a 100 mSv reference level or the emergency specific reference level if applicable.

• (2) Where the response to a radiation emergency is underway, arrangements for the determination of specific reference levels, to optimise the response, may be made by the Northern Ireland competent authority.

• (3) In arranging the determination of a specific reference level under sub-paragraph (2), the Northern Ireland competent authority shall take advice from the person coordinating the response to the radiation emergency.

Packages involved in a radiation emergency

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A package which has been involved in a radiation emergency shall not be carried or caused to be carried, unless—

• (a) the consignor or the consignor’s agent has examined the package; and

• (b) the consignor has issued a certificate indicating that the consignor is satisfied the package complies with the requirements of these Regulations.

Prior information to the public

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• (1) The Northern Ireland competent authority shall make available to the public information about the nature and effect of a radiation emergency.

• (2) The information to be provided under sub-paragraph (1) shall include—

• (a) basic facts about radioactivity and its effects on persons and on the environment;

• (b) the consequences of a radiation emergency;

• (c) emergency measures envisaged to alert, protect and assist the general public in the event of an emergency;

• (d) appropriate information on action to be taken by the general public in the event of a radiation emergency; and

• (e) the authority or authorities responsible for implementing the emergency measures and actions referred to in paragraphs (c) and (d).

Duty to provide handover report to the authority responsible for recovery following a radiation emergency

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• (1) The consignor of class 7 goods involved in a radiation emergency shall—

• (a) prepare a handover report; and

• (b) provide a copy of the handover report to the recovery authority.

• (2) For the purposes of this paragraph “handover report” means a report about a radiation emergency which—

• (a) includes the details of the incident giving rise to the emergency;

• (b) states whether the emergency plan was initiated and if so, state the actions (if any) taken by the driver, the escort commander, the carrier, the master and the consignor to assist in the handling of the radiation emergency;

• (c) states whether any part of the load involved in the emergency was contaminated and if so, state the steps taken by the consignor to arrange for—

• (i) the safe disposal of the relevant part of the load; and

• (ii) the decontamination of the relevant vehicle, train or vessel;

• (d) states any anticipated effects of the radiation emergency on the environment;

• (e) includes any other information which the consignor considers may assist in the transition from an emergency state.

• (3) The consignor shall consult the carrier of the relevant class 7 goods when preparing the handover report.

• (4) The consignor shall prepare the handover report and deliver it to the recovery authority as soon as reasonably practicable after the completion of the examination required by paragraph 6(5).

• (5) In this regulation, “recovery authority” means a Northern Ireland department.

PART2 — Notifiable Events

Duties of drivers, carriers and consignors in the event of a notifiable event

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• (1) The driver of a vehicle or train, or the master of a vessel, carrying class 7 goods who discovers, or has reason to believe, that a notifiable event has occurred in relation to the vehicle, train or vessel shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify—

• (a) the police; and

• (b) the consignor.

• (2) If the carrier of any class 7 goods becomes aware of the occurrence of a notifiable event in relation to those goods the carrier shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify—

• (a) the police, if the driver, escort commander or master has not already done so; and

• (b) the Northern Ireland competent authority.

• (3) If the consignor of any class 7 goods becomes aware of the occurrence of a notifiable event in relation to those goods the consignor shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify—

• (a) the police, unless the driver, the escort commander, the carrier or the master has already done so; and

• (b) the Northern Ireland competent authority, unless the carrier has already done so.

• (4) If a notifiable event occurs the carrier shall ensure that, as soon as reasonably practicable, a report is made to the Northern Ireland competent authority.

• (5) The report required under sub-paragraph (4)—

• (a) shall be in a form approved by the Northern Ireland competent authority; and

• (b) shall contain all relevant information which the Northern Ireland competent authority has communicated to the carrier that it considers necessary.

• (6) In this paragraph, “notifiable event” means the theft or loss of the class 7 goods being carried.