{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-labelling-and-carriage-of-radioactive-material-by-rail-regulations-1996/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-labelling-and-carriage-of-radioactive-material-by-rail-regulations-1996/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2090",
  "legislation_title": "The Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-labelling-and-carriage-of-radioactive-material-by-rail-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Carriage in bulk",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no person shall cause or permit to be carried any radioactive material in bulk.\n(2) LSA-I may be carried in bulk provided—\n(a) in the case of natural ores it is carried under exclusive use; or\n(b) in any other case, it is carried in such a way as to ensure that there can be no escape of contents from the freight container or wagon in which it is being carried and no loss of shielding.\n(3) SCO-I may be carried in bulk provided—\n(a) it is carried in a freight container or wagon in such a way as to ensure that there can be no escape of contents and no loss of shielding;\n(b) where the contamination on the accessible and inaccessible surfaces of the radioactive material is greater than 4 Bq/cm2 for beta and gamma emitters and low toxicity alpha emitters or 0·4 Bq/cm2 for all other alpha emitters, the material is carried under exclusive use; and\n(c) where it is suspected that non-fixed contamination on inaccessible surfaces of the radioactive material is greater than 4 Bq/cm2 for beta and gamma emitters and low toxicity alpha emitters or 0·4 Bq/cm2 for all other alpha emitters, measures are taken to ensure that the material is not released into the freight container or wagon.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2090/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:11.429162+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."
}