The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996

Application of the Regulations

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations apply to the transport in Great Britain of any radioactive material.

(2) These Regulations do not apply to—

(a) the transport of radioactive material contained in the body of any person as a result of the implantation in that person of a radioisotopic cardiac pacemaker or other device, or the diagnosis or treatment of that person with radiopharmaceuticals;

(b) the transport of radioactive material in a vehicle which—

(i) is engaged in an international transport operation within the meaning of ADR,

(ii) complies with the conditions contained in Annexes A and B to ADR, and

(iii) is certified pursuant to ADR as complying with it;

(c) a transport operation which is subject to a special bilateral or multilateral agreement under the terms of Article 4 of ADR to which the United Kingdom is a Contracting Party;

(d) the transport of radioactive material which is or forms part of an instrument of war or is required for research into or development or production of any such instrument or part of such an instrument or is produced in the course of or in connection with such a development or production, when the transport is on behalf of a Department of the Government of the United Kingdom or is in connection with the execution of a contract made with any such Department;

(e) the transport of radioactive material which is or forms part of an instrument of war when the transport is on behalf of a visiting force or is in connection with the execution of a contract made with any such force;

(f) the transport of luminous devices worn by a person or luminous devices as part of the vehicle;

(g) the transport in any one vehicle of no more than 500 smoke detectors for domestic use with an individual activity not exceeding 40 KBq;

(h) the transport of gaseous tritium light devices with an individual activity not exceeding 10 GBq when no more than five such devices are transported in the vehicle.