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

[F1 Review and testing of emergency plan N.I.

5.— (1) If an emergency plan is to be used in relation to carriage on more than one occasion, each duty holder shall, at suitable intervals not exceeding three years—

(a) review and, where necessary, revise the plan; and

(b) test the plan, taking reasonable steps to arrange for all those with a role in the emergency plan to participate in the test to such extent necessary to ensure that the test is effective.

(2) A review required under sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall take into account—

(a) changes occurring in the carriage of packages to which the plan relates;

(b) changes within the emergency services concerned;

(c) new knowledge or guidance, whether technical or otherwise, concerning the response to radiation emergencies;

(d) any material change to the assessment on which the plan was based since it was last reviewed or revised; and

(e) any relevant information derived from a report or review of the consequences of any radiation emergency.

(3) The test of a plan shall take into account any lessons learned from—

(a) past emergency exposure situations, whether arising during the carriage of packages on behalf of the consignor or by the carrier; and

(b) the United Kingdom’s participating in emergency exercises at national and international level.

(4) The test of the plan shall be sufficient to test the ability to implement the plan in question but the duty holder shall consider the extent of the testing required taking into account—

(a) the length of time since the last test;

(b) the extent of testing undertaken on the last occasion; and

(c) any revisions made by the review required under sub-paragraph (1)(a).

(5) After completion of the test required by sub-paragraph (1)(b), the duty holder shall prepare a report on the outcome of the test within 28 days of the conclusion of the test.

(6) A report made under sub-paragraph (5) must be sent to the Northern Ireland competent authority within 28 days of its preparation.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 substituted (18.6.2019) by The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/111), reg. 1, Sch. (with reg. 7)