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

Notification of competent authorities

33.—(1) No consignor shall make the first shipment of any package requiring the approval of any competent authority under these Regulations until copies of each approval certificate required for the package design of that package have been submitted to the competent authority of each state through or into which the consignment is to be transported.

(2) No consignor shall make any shipment:

(a) of a Type B(U) package containing radioactive material with an activity greater than 3×10³ A₁ or 3×10³ A₂, as appropriate, or 1000 TBq, whichever is the lower;

(b) of a Type B(M) package; or

(c) comprising transport under special arrangement, without giving notice in accordance with Schedule 31 to the competent authority of each state through or into which the consignment is to be transported.