{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-great-britain-regulations-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-5.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/7/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The individual package damaged or undamaged shall be subcritical under the conditions specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 taking into account the physical and chemical characteristics including any change in those characteristics which could occur when the package is damaged and with the conditions of moderation and reflection as specified below:\n(a) For all material within the containment system: the material arranged in the containment system\n(i) in the configuration and moderation that results in maximum neutron multiplication; and\n(ii) with close reflection of the containment system by water 20 cm thick (or equivalent) or such greater reflection of the containment system as may additionally be provided by the surrounding material of the packaging; and, in addition\n(b) If any part of the material escapes from the containment system: that material arranged in\n(i) the configuration and moderation that results in maximum neutron multiplication; and\n(ii) with close reflection of that material by water 20 cm thick (or equivalent).",
  "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/7/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}