The Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003

Duties relating to particular transports of Category I/II nuclear material

19.—(1) No Class A carrier shall transport any Category I/II nuclear material unless a transport plan relating to the particular transport by him has been approved by the Secretary of State.

(2) No less than one month before the proposed date on which the transport of any Category I/II nuclear material is to begin (whether or not the transport is to be undertaken in stages by more than one carrier), each Class A carrier who is to transport the material must submit a transport plan relating to the transport by him for the approval of the Secretary of State.

(3) The transport plan must describe in writing the measures to be adopted to ensure the security of the material during—

(a) the course of the transport,

(b) the loading or unloading of the material during the course of or incidental to the transport, and

(c) any period of temporary storage during the course of or incidental to the transport.

(4) The Secretary of State may approve the transport plan as submitted or with such amendments as she may require.

(5) Before approving such a plan the Secretary of State must—

(a) consult the responsible person in relation to any nuclear premises to or from which the material is to be transported and any other Class A carrier who is to undertake another stage of the transport of the material, and

(b) consider any representations made by them.

(6) Each Class A carrier must ensure that any particular transport of Category I/II nuclear material by him conforms to the transport plan approved by the Secretary of State in relation to that transport.

(7) No less than 7 days before the proposed date on which any Class A carrier is to begin transporting any Category I/II nuclear material, he must give notice in writing to the Secretary of State of the dates on which the transport by him is to begin and end.