Article 2 Interpretation
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F1 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
In this Order
“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;
“inspector” means—
an inspector appointed under Article 9; or
a person appointed as an examiner under Article 74 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;
“packaging”, in relation to radioactive material which has been consigned for transport, means an assembly of packaging components which encloses the material completely;
“packaging components” means components intended for use as part of the packaging of such material, and includes—
receptacles, absorbent materials, spacing structures and radiation shielding; and
devices for cooling, for absorbing mechanical shocks and for thermal insulation;
“radioactive material” has the meaning given in Article 3;
“radioactive package” means a package comprising radioactive material which has been consigned for transport and its packaging;
“transport” means transport by road.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
1995 NI 18