PART 2Shipments of radioactive waste or spent fuel

Notification of arrival in a third country

9.—(1) Any person holding an authorisation who has consigned radioactive waste or spent fuel from the United Kingdom to a third country must notify the competent authority in the United Kingdom, within fifteen days of its arrival, of—

(a)the date of arrival, and

(b)the last customs post in the European Community through which the shipment passed.

(2) In the case of transit between third countries, and where the authorisation was granted under these Regulations, the person holding the authorisation must notify the competent authority of the information in paragraph (1).

(3) The person holding the authorisation must take all reasonable steps to obtain and include in the notification a declaration or certification by the consignee stating that the radioactive waste or spent fuel has reached its proper destination and indicating the customs post of entry into the country of destination.

(4) Failure to comply with this regulation is an offence.