Regulation 11 Approval of other shipments

(1)

No person shall cause or permit to be made any shipment of the following without multilateral approval of the shipment—

(a)

a Type B(M) package especially designed to allow controlled intermittent venting;

(b)

a Type B(M) package containing radioactive material with an activity greater than either—

(i)

3×10³ A₁ or 3×10³ A₂, as appropriate, or

(ii)

1000 TBq,

whichever is the lower; or

(c)

packages containing fissile material where the sum of the Transport Indexes of the individual packages exceeds 50.

(2)

An application for approval by the Secretary of State of a shipment falling within paragraph (1) shall include the information specified in Schedule 7.

(3)

The approval by the Secretary of State of a shipment falling within paragraph (1) shall be given by the issue of a certificate.

(4)

The approval by a competent authority other than the Secretary of State of a shipment falling within paragraph (1) shall be evidenced by a certificate issued by that competent authority.