Regulation 20 Duties relating to particular transports of Category III nuclear materialI1
United Kingdom
Subject to paragraph (3), no less than 7 days before the proposed date on which any approved carrier is to begin transporting any Category III nuclear material, he must give notice in writing to the F1ONR of the matters specified in paragraph (2) in relation to the transport by him.
The matters are—
the dates on which the transport is to begin and end,
the places from which and to which the material is to be transported,
the identity of the persons from whom and to whom the material is to be transferred,
where all or any part of the transport is to take place outside the United Kingdom, the route of the transport,
any places at which the material is to stop temporarily, and
where the material is to be transported otherwise than in a closed and locked vehicle, railway compartment or shipping compartment, details of the container to be used to transport the material.
In exceptional circumstances notice under paragraph (1) may be given less than 7 days before the proposed date on which the approved carrier is to begin transporting the material, but a notice that is so given must specify what the exceptional circumstances are.
Where an approved carrier gives notice as mentioned in paragraph (3), he must obtain approval from the ONR for the transport of the material by him before he begins transporting it.
This regulation does not apply to a carrier who transports a vehicle carrying nuclear material on his ship F2to or from the United Kingdom if the driver of the vehicle drives it on and off the ship and remains on the ship during the ship’s journey.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
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)
- F2
Words in reg. 20(5) inserted (25.11.2006) by The Nuclear Industries Security (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2815), regs. 1(2), 6