Singapore legislation
Regulation 35
of Radiation Protection (Transport of Radioactive Materials) Regulations
Regulation 35
Notification of competent authorities
Subregulation 1
The consignor shall, at least 7 days prior to the commencement of the shipment, notify the Chief Executive, when any of the following packages is to be transported through or to Singapore:
a Type B(U) or Type C package containing radioactive materials with an activity greater than 3000 A1, or 3000 A2, as appropriate, or 1000 TBq, whichever is the lower;
a Type B(M) package; or
a package transported by special arrangement.
Subregulation 2
The consignment notification referred to in paragraph (1) shall include —
sufficient information to enable the identification of the package or packages including all applicable certificate numbers and identification marks;
information on the date of shipment, the expected date of arrival and proposed routing;
the names of the radioactive materials or nuclides;
descriptions of the physical and chemical forms of the radioactive material, or whether it is special form radioactive material or low dispersible radioactive material; and
the maximum activity of the radioactive contents during transport expressed in units of becquerels with an appropriate SI prefix, except that for fissile material, the mass of fissile material in units of grams (g), or multiples thereof, may be used instead.
Subregulation 3
The consignor shall not be required to send a separate notification to the Chief Executive if the required information has been included in the application under regulation 60(3) for a certificate of approval regarding shipment.