# The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996, Regulation 23: Shipments requiring approval


(1) No person shall send or make a shipment of any 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 3×103 A1 or 3×103 A2, as appropriate, or 1000 TBq, whichever is the lower;
(c) packages containing fissile materials if the sum of the Transport Indexes (TI) of the individual packages exceeds 50.
(2) Application for approval by the Secretary of State of a shipment falling within paragraph (1) shall be made in accordance with Schedule 27.
(3) The approval of a shipment by the Secretary of State under this regulation shall be given by the issue of a certificate.
(4) The approval of the competent authority of another state of a shipment shall be evidenced by a certificate issued by that competent authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1350/regulation/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996/regulation-23
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