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  1. Introductory Text

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    PART I INTRODUCTION

    1. 1. Citation and commencement

    2. 2. Interpretation

    3. 3. Meaning of “operator”

    4. 4. Application

    5. 5. Revocations

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    PART II GENERAL

    1. 6. Determination of radioactive material

    2. 7. Determination of the transport index

    3. 8. Determination of the criticality safety index

    4. 9. Duties of a consignor of radioactive material

    5. 10. Duties of a train operator

    6. 11. Duties of a consignee

    7. 12. Duties of the operator of a wagon, a container, a tank container, a portable tank and a tank wagon

    8. 13. Duties of the designers of packages and manufacturers of packagings

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    PART III APPROVALS AND NOTIFICATIONS

    1. 14. Approval of package designs

    2. 15. Approval of design for special form radioactive material and for low dispersible radioactive material

    3. 16. Shipment approvals other than approvals for shipments under special arrangement

    4. 17. Approval of shipments under special arrangement

    5. 18. Notification and registration of serial numbers

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    PART IV QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TRAINING

    1. 19. Quality assurance

    2. 20. Training of persons involved in the carriage of radioactive material

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    PART V SECURITY MEASURES AND EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS

    1. 21. Security

    2. 22. Emergencies

    3. 23. Emergency plans

    4. 24. Marshalling and formation of trains

    5. 25. Prevention of fire, explosion and leakage

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    PART VI MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 26. Keeping of information

    2. 27. Exemption certificates

    3. 28. Defence

    4. 29. International provisions

    5. 30. Transitional provisions

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

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

  8. Signature

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      SCHEDULE 1

      DEFINITIONS OF “MINE” AND “OWNER”

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        PART I DEFINITION OF “MINE”

        1. 1.In these Regulations, the expression “mine” means an excavation or...

        2. 2.For the purposes of these Regulations, subject to paragraph 3,...

        3. 3.For the purposes of these Regulations, there shall not be...

        4. 4.For the purposes of these Regulations, premises for the time...

        5. 5.For the purposes of these Regulations, a railway line serving...

        6. 6.For the purposes of these Regulations, a conveyor or aerial...

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        PART II MEANING OF “OWNER”

        1. 7.Subject to paragraph 8, in these Regulations, the expression “owner”...

        2. 8.Where the business of a person who, by virtue of...

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      SCHEDULE 2

      REVOCATIONS

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      SCHEDULE 3

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

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        PART I INTERPRETATION

        1. 1.In this Schedule— “the 1973 International Safety Regulations” means the...

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

        1. 2.This Part of this Schedule has effect in relation to—...

        2. 3.Any person may use for the carriage of radioactive material...

        3. 4.No person shall use for the carriage of radioactive material...

        4. 5.Subject to paragraph 6, no person shall use for the...

        5. 6.Paragraph 5 shall not apply where the modification in question...

        6. 7.Any person may use for the carriage of radioactive material...

        7. 8.No person shall use for the carriage of radioactive material...

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        PART III PACKAGE DESIGNS APPROVED UNDER THE 1973 INTERNATIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS

        1. 9.(1) This Part of this Schedule has effect in relation...

        2. 10.(1) Any person may use for the carriage of radioactive...

        3. 11.No person shall commence the manufacture of a packaging to...

        4. 12.Where— (a) a person makes changes to—

        5. 13.A person who carries or causes to be carried radioactive...

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        PART IV PACKAGE DESIGNS APPROVED UNDER THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS

        1. 14.(1) This Part of this Schedule shall have effect in...

        2. 15.Up to and including 31st December 2003, any person may...

        3. 16.After 31st December 2003, any person may use for the...

        4. 17.Where— (a) a person makes changes to—

        5. 18.Any person who manufactures a packaging to a design referred...

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

        1. 19.This Part of this Schedule has effect in relation to...

        2. 20.Up to and including 31st December 2003, any person may...

        3. 21.Any person who manufactures special form radioactive material to a...

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      SCHEDULE 4

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

      1. 1. Interpretation

      2. 2. Amendment of the principal Regulations

      3. 3.In regulation 2(1)— (a) the definition “the 1996 Regulations” shall...

      4. 4.In regulation 3— (a) in paragraph (1), for the words...

      5. 5.In regulation 18(3), for the words “to the extent that...

      6. 6.In regulation 19, for the words “regulations 17 and 21”...

      7. 7.Regulation 22 shall be revoked.

      8. 8.In Part I of Schedule 2, in column 3 (Quantity...

      9. 9.In paragraph 2 of Part II of Schedule 2, for...

      10. 10.In Note 3 to Part I of Schedule 4, for...

  9. Explanatory Note

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