{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996/schedule-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996/schedule-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1350",
  "legislation_title": "The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/23",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Competent authority identification marks",
  "text": "Each approval certificate issued by a competent authority shall be assigned an identification mark. The mark shall be of the following generalized type:\n“VRI/Number/Type Code”, where—\n(a) VRI represents the international vehicle registration identification code of the state issuing the certificate.\n(b) The number shall be assigned by the competent authority, and shall be unique and specific with regard to the particular design or shipment. The shipment approval identification mark shall be clearly related to the design approval identification mark.\n(c) The following type codes shall be used to indicate the types of approval certificates issued:\nAF\nType A package design for fissile material\nB(U)\nType B(U) package design (B(U)F if for fissile material)\nB(M)\nType B(M) package design (B(M)F if for fissile material)\nIF\nIndustrial package design for fissile material\nS\nSpecial form radioactive material\nT\nShipment\nX\nSpecial arrangement\n(d) For package design approval certificates, other than those issued under the provisions of regulation 22, the symbols ‘−85’ shall be added to the type code of the package design.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1350/schedule/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:43:20.628336+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."
}