{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-industries-security-regulations-2003/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-industries-security-regulations-2003/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/403",
  "legislation_title": "The Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-industries-security-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Approval of carriers",
  "text": "(1) The ONR may approve a carrier as an approved carrier only if the ONR is satisfied that—\n(a) in the case of an approval as a Class A carrier, the carrier transports or proposes to transport Category I/II nuclear material in the course of his business,\n(b) in the case of an approval as a Class B carrier, the carrier transports or proposes to transport Category III nuclear material in the course of his business,\n(c) the carrier has provided the ONR with—\n(i) his telephone number, facsimile number and principal place of business,\n(ii) the name, address, telephone number and facsimile number of an individual who will accept any written or oral communication from the ONR under these Regulations on behalf of the carrier, and\n(d) the carrier has submitted a transport security statement under regulation 16 that the ONR has approved (as submitted or with such amendments as the ONR has required), and he will comply with the standards, procedures and arrangements described in the approved transport security statement while he is approved.\n(2) Where a carrier has applied to the ONR for approval as an approved carrier, the ONR must give him notice in writing of the ONR's decision and, if the ONR has granted the application, of the date from which he is approved and whether he is approved as a Class A carrier or as a Class B carrier.\n(3) If the ONR proposes not to approve a carrier as an approved carrier, the ONR must give him written notice of the ONR's proposal and of the reasons for it.\n(4) The carrier may make representations to the ONR within 28 days from the date on which the notice under paragraph (3) is given.\n(5) The ONR must take into account any such representations before reaching a decision whether to approve the carrier as an approved carrier.\n(6) If the ONR decides not to approve a carrier as an approved carrier, the ONR must state the reasons for the ONR's decision when the ONR gives him notice of the decision under paragraph (2).\n(7) The ONR’s approval of a carrier as an approved carrier has effect for the period of five years from the date from which he is approved, unless it is revoked earlier under regulation 15.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Regulations substituted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a)(2) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(b)(2) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 14 in force at 22.9.2003, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/403/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:31:31.399807+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."
}