{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1994/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1994/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/670",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Provisions relating exclusively to the safe carriage of radioactive material",
  "text": "(1) No train operator shall cause or permit to be carried any radioactive material unless the General Requirements, Class 7 of the Special Requirements and Appendix VII of RID have been complied with in relation to that material.\n(2) In any proceedings for an offence consisting of a contravention of paragraph (1) it shall, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), be a defence for the train operator to prove—\n(a) that the commission of the offence was due to the act or default of another person not being one of his employees (hereinafter called “the other person”); and\n(b) that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.\n(3) The train operator charged shall not, without leave of the court, be entitled to rely on the defence referred to in paragraph (2) unless, within a period ending seven clear days before the hearing, he has served on the prosecutor a notice in writing giving such information identifying or assisting in the identification of the other person as was then in his possession.\n(4) For the purpose of enabling the other person to be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of section 36 of the Health and Safety at Work etc.Act 1974, a person who establishes a defence under this regulation shall nevertheless be treated for the purposes of that section as having committed the offence.\n(5) For the purposes of this regulation, any reference to the competent authority in the General Requirements, Class 7 of the Special Requirements or Appendix VII of RID shall be construed as a reference to the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/670/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:37:41.456462+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}