# The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In this Order
“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;
“inspector” means—
(a) an inspector appointed under Article 9; or
(b) 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—
(a) receptacles, absorbent materials, spacing structures and radiation shielding; and
(b) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1992/234/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-material-road-transport-northern-ireland-order-1992/article-2
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