Singapore legislation
Regulation 60
of Radiation Protection (Transport of Radioactive Materials) Regulations
Regulation 60
Approval of shipments
Subregulation 1
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), multilateral approval shall be required for —
the shipment of Type B(M) packages not conforming with the requirements of regulation 47(5) or designed to allow controlled intermittent venting;
the shipment of Type B(M) packages containing radioactive material with an activity greater than 3000 A1 or 3000 A2, as appropriate, or 1000 TBq, whichever is the lower;
the shipment of packages containing fissile materials if the sum of the criticality safety indexes of the individual packages exceeds 50; and
radiation protection programmes for shipments by special use vessels according to regulation 21(2)(a).
Subregulation 2
The Chief Executive may authorise transport of any package through or to Singapore without a certificate of approval in respect of its shipment if there is specific provision therefor in a certificate of approval issued in respect of its design.
Subregulation 3
An application to the Chief Executive for a certificate of approval of a shipment shall include —
the period of time, related to the shipment, for which the approval is sought;
the actual radioactive contents, the expected modes of transport, the type of conveyance, and the probable or proposed route; and
details of how the precautions and administrative or operational controls, referred to in the certificate of approval issued in respect of package design are to be put into effect.