Regulation 7 Approval of Type B(M) package designs

No person shall cause or permit to be carried any Type B(M) package without multilateral approval of the package design for that package.

An application for approval of a package design for a Type B(M) package by the Secretary of State shall include the information specified in Schedule 4.

The approval by the Secretary of State of a package design for a Type B(M) package shall be given by the issue of a package design approval certificate stating that the package design meets the requirements for Type B(M) packages specified in paragraphs 11 and 13 of the Approved Document.

The approval by a competent authority other than the Secretary of State of a package design for a Type B(M) package shall be evidenced by a package design approval certificate issued by that competent authority stating that the package design meets requirements equivalent to those referred to in paragraph (3).