Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Keeping of information

26.—(1) For a period of two years from the date of the commencement of the carriage in question, a consignor of radioactive material shall retain any information in his possession derived from measurements of contamination taken to ensure that he complies with the duty imposed on him by virtue of regulation 9(9).

(2) For a period of two years from the date of the commencement of the carriage in question, an operator of a wagon, a container, a tank container, a portable tank or a tank wagon which is used to carry the radioactive material shall retain any information in his possession derived from measurements of contamination taken to ensure that he complies with the duty imposed on him by virtue of regulation 12(8).

(3) For a period of two years from the date of the commencement of the carriage in question –

(a) a consignor of radioactive material;

(b) the infrastructure controller on whose railway is carried the radioactive material;

(c) the operator of the train which carries the radioactive material; and

(d) the operator of any wagon, container, tank container, portable tank or tank wagon which is used for such carriage,

shall each keep a record of the relevant information relating to the carriage and the consignment.

(4) The designer, manufacturer and consignor of –

(a) a packaging;

(b) a package; or

(c) special form radioactive material,

as the case may be, shall retain all information in their possession relating to the design, manufacture, testing and maintenance of the package, packaging or special form radioactive material in question, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) specifications, calculations, test results, quality assurance programmes and manufacturing records, for so long as the package, packaging or special form radioactive material in question is in use for the carriage of radioactive material.

(5) In this regulation, “relevant information” means –

(a) the information and data; and

(b) the consignment notes and accompanying documents,

referred to in regulation 9(2).