# The Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 1996, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2090/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-labelling-and-carriage-of-radioactive-material-by-rail-regulations-1996/regulation-11
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