{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shipments-of-radioactive-substances-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111178898",
  "legislation_title": "The Shipments of Radioactive Substances (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-shipments-of-radioactive-substances-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“activity” has the meaning given to it in Article 4(5) of the Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom (the “Basic Safety Standards Directive 2013”);\n“Chief Inspector” means the Chief Inspector for Northern Ireland appointed under section 4(7) of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993;\n“competent authority” means—\n(a) in England, the Environment Agency;\n(b) in Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;\n(c) in Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;\n(d) in Northern Ireland, the Chief Inspector;\n(e) for sites licensed under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, the Office for Nuclear Regulation;\n“consignee” means any person to whom a shipment is or is to be made;\n“holder” means any person who, immediately before a shipment is carried out, has the legal responsibility under the applicable national law for the sealed sources to be contained in the shipment;\n“sealed source” has the meaning given to it in Article 4(90) of the Basic Safety Standards Directive 2013; and\n“shipment” means the transport from the place of origin to the place of destination, including loading and unloading, of sealed sources.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L 13, 17.01.2014, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1965 c. 57."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111178898/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:01:37.780238+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."
}