The Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 2002

Made: 6th August 2002

Laid before Parliament: 12th August 2002

Coming into force: 2nd September 2002

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PART I — INTRODUCTION

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Meaning of “operator”

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Application

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Revocations

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PART II — GENERAL

Determination of radioactive material

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Determination of the transport index

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Determination of the criticality safety index

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Duties of a consignor of radioactive material

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Duties of a train operator

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Duties of a consignee

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Duties of the operator of a wagon, a container, a tank container, a portable tank and a tank wagon

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Duties of the designers of packages and manufacturers of packagings

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PART III — APPROVALS AND NOTIFICATIONS

Approval of package designs

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Approval of design for special form radioactive material and for low dispersible radioactive material

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Shipment approvals other than approvals for shipments under special arrangement

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Approval of shipments under special arrangement

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Notification and registration of serial numbers

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PART IV — QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TRAINING

Quality assurance

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Training of persons involved in the carriage of radioactive material

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PART V — SECURITY MEASURES AND EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS

Security

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Emergencies

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Emergency plans

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Marshalling and formation of trains

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Prevention of fire, explosion and leakage

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PART VI — MISCELLANEOUS

Keeping of information

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Exemption certificates

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Defence

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International provisions

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Transitional provisions

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Amendments to the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999

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Amendments to the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001

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SCHEDULE 1 — DEFINITIONS OF “MINE” AND “OWNER”

PART I — DEFINITION OF “MINE”

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PART II — MEANING OF “OWNER”

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SCHEDULE 2 — REVOCATIONS

Regulations revoked	References	Extent of revocation
The Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 1996	S.I. 1996/2090	The whole Regulations.
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999	S.I. 1999/303	Regulation 6 and Schedule 5.
The Quarries Regulations 1999	S.I. 1999/2024	In Part II of Schedule 5, the thirteenth paragraph(The Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 1996).
The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999	S.I. 1999/3232	In Schedule 9, paragraph 7.
The Railways (Safety Case) Regulations 2000	S.I. 2000/2688	In Schedule 3, the third paragraph(The Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 1996).

SCHEDULE 3 — TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

PART I — INTERPRETATION

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PART II — PACKAGES NOT REQUIRING COMPETENT AUTHORITY APPROVAL OF DESIGN UNDER THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS

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PART III — PACKAGE DESIGNS APPROVED UNDER THE 1973 INTERNATIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS

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PART IV — PACKAGE DESIGNS APPROVED UNDER THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS

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PART V — SPECIAL FORM RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL APPROVED UNDER THE 1973 INTERNATIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS OR THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS

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SCHEDULE 4 — AMENDMENTS TO THE RADIATION (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION) REGULATIONS 2001

Interpretation

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Amendment of the principal Regulations

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

John Spellar — Minister of State, — Department for Transport — 6th August 2002

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1974 c. 37; section 1(1)(c) was modified by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/282); sections 15(1) and 50(3) were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16(3) respectively.

[^f00002]: Cmnd 5897.

[^f00003]: 1993 c. 43; section 17(6) of the Railways Act 1993 was amended by section 233(1) of the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38).

[^f00004]: 1961 c. 34; subsection (2)(n) of section 175 of the Factories Act 1961 was amended by regulation 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Factories Act 1961 etc. (Metrication) Regulations S.I. 1983/978.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1987/37, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1999/2024.

[^f00007]: 1992 c. 42.

[^f00008]: OJ No. L 235, 17.9.96, p. 25. Relevant amending directives are Directive 2000/62/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 44) and Commission Directive 2001/6/EC (OJ L 30, 1.2.2001, p. 42). A copy of RID, whose ISBN is 0 11 5522654, may be obtained from The Stationary Office Bookshops, the Stationery Office’s Accredited Agents and all good booksellers.

[^f00009]: 1984 c. 54.

[^f00010]: 1993 c. 43.

[^f00011]: 1996 Revised Edition (ISBN 92 0 100500 8) published by the International Atomic Energy Agency Wagramar Strasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna Austria.

[^f00012]: Current edition (2001): ISBN 92 1 139069 9.

[^f00013]: ICAO -Doc 9284. Copies may be purchased from Westward Documedia, 37 Windsor Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 2DG.

[^f00014]: Current edition: ISBN 92 801 50901; supplement ISBN 92 801 50936.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1999/257, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00016]: The International Atomic Energy Agency Wagramar Strasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria.

[^f00017]: S.I. 2001/2975.

Editorial notes

[^key-8ce9bc56b7dc56e9ff6ed478d88ab576]: Regulations revoked (10.5.2004) by The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/568), reg. 1, Sch. 14

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