The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002

PART XIII MISCELLANEOUS

Retention and production of information

72.—(1) The consignor of any consignment must retain for 2 years from the date on which the transport of that consignment begins any information in his possession derived from measurements of contamination of that consignment.

(2) The user of any package, packaging or special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material shall retain any information in his possession relating to the design, manufacture, testing, use and maintenance of that package, packaging or material, 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 material is in use for the transport of radioactive material and for a period of at least two years after the final use of the package, packaging or material.

(3) An inspector may require the user of any package, packaging or special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material to produce such information in his possession relating to that package, packaging or material as the inspector may specify.

(4) In paragraphs (2) and (3) “user” has the same meaning as in paragraph (5) of regulation 18 (quality and compliance assurance programmes, prohibitions etc.)

Production of documents

73.  An examiner, an inspector or a constable in uniform may require the carrier of any radioactive material or the driver of any vehicle transporting radioactive material to produce for inspection such documents relating to that material and required by these Regulations as the examiner, inspector or constable may specify

Evaluation of radiation emissions

74.  For the purpose of ensuring that the transport of radioactive material does not cause any injury to health, or any damage to property or to the environment, the Secretary of State shall arrange for periodic assessments to be carried out to evaluate the radiation emissions arising from such transport.

Transport documents for regular consignments

75.—(1) Where the same packaging with the same radioactive contents is consigned as a package on a regular basis by the same consignor, who is also the carrier of that package, the consignor may issue a regular consignment certificate for that package in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 13.

(2) The consignor of any package in respect of which he holds a current regular consignment certificate issued under paragraph (1) must carry in the vehicle in which the consignment is transported a document containing a statement that the consignment is covered by a regular consignment certificate issued under this regulation, the date and contents of that certificate, a record (including destinations and dates) of all consignments made under that certificate, and an expiry date for the document not later than three months after the date of the declaration contained in that certificate.

(3) The consignor of any package falling within paragraph (2) must retain a copy of the document described in paragraph (2), or a complete record of the contents of that document, for two years from the date on which the transport of that package begins.