# The Packaging, Labelling and Carriage of Radioactive Material by Rail Regulations 1996, Regulation 8: Approval of package designs for fissile material


(1) No person shall cause or permit to be carried any package containing fissile material, other than a package containing fissile material which falls within paragraph 7 of the Approved Document, without multilateral approval of the package design for that package.
(2) An application for the approval of a package design for fissile material by the Secretary of State shall include the information specified in Schedule 5.
(3) The approval by the Secretary of State of a package design for fissile material shall be given by the issue of a package design approval certificate stating that the design meets the requirements for fissile packages specified in paragraph 6 of the Approved Document.
(4) The approval by a competent authority other than the Secretary of State of a package design for such material shall be evidenced by a package design approval certificate issued by that competent authority stating that the design meets requirements equivalent to those referred to in paragraph (3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2090/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-labelling-and-carriage-of-radioactive-material-by-rail-regulations-1996/regulation-8
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