Singapore legislation
Schedule 7
of Radiation Protection (Transport of Radioactive Materials) Regulations
Schedule 7
Identification Marks
SEVENTH SCHEDULERegulation 63Identification Marks
1. The identification mark issued by the Chief Executive for each certificate of approval in respect of design of shipment shall have the following form:SGP/Certificate Number/Type Code.
2. For the purpose of the identification mark referred to in paragraph 1—
SGP represents the international vehicle registration identification code for Singapore;
the certificate number shall be assigned by the Chief Executive, and shall be unique and specific with regard to the particular design or shipment and the shipment approval identification mark shall be clearly related to the design approval identification mark;
the following type codes shall be used in the order listed to indicate the types of certificates of approval issued: AFType A package design for fissile materialB(U)Type B(U) package designB(U)FType B(U) package design for fissile materialB(M)Type B(M) package designB(M)FType B(M) package design for fissile materialCType C package designCFType C package design for fissile materialIFIndustrial package design for fissile materialSSpecial form radioactive materialLDLow dispersible radioactive materialTShipmentXSpecial arrangement;In the case of package designs for non-fissile or fissile excepted uranium hexafluoride, where none of the above codes apply, the following type codes shall be used:H(U)Unilateral approvalH(M)Multilateral approval; and
for certificates of approval in respect of package design, special form radioactive material and low dispersible radioactive material, the symbols “-96” shall be added to the type code of the package design.
3. The following type codes shall be applied as follows:
Each certificate of approval and each package shall bear the appropriate identification mark, comprising the symbols prescribed in paragraph 2 of this Schedule, except that, for packages, only the applicable design type codes including, if applicable, the symbols “-96”, shall appear following the second stroke, that is, the “T” or “X” shall not appear in the identification marking on the package. Where approval for the design and shipment are combined, the applicable type codes do not need to be repeated. For example: A/132/B(M)F-96:A Type B(M) package design approved for fissile material, requiring multilateral approval, for which the competent authority of Austria has assigned the design number 132 (to be marked on both the package and on the certificate of approval for package design);A/132/B(M)F-96T:The shipment approval issued for a package bearing the identification mark elaborated above (to be marked on the certificate of approval only);A/137/X:A special arrangement approval issued by the competent authority of Austria, to which the number 137 has been assigned (to be marked on the certificate of approval only);A/139/IF-96:An industrial package design for fissile material approved by the competent authority of Austria, to which package design number 139 has been assigned (to be marked on both the package and on the certificate of approval for the package design).A/145/H(U)-96:A package design for fissile excepted uranium hexafluoride approved by the competent authority of Austria, to which package design number 145 has been assigned (to be marked on both the package and on the package design approval certificate).(b)Where multilateral approval is effected by validation, only the identification mark issued by the country of origin of the design or shipment shall be used. Where multilateral approval is effected by issue of certificates of approval by successive countries, each such certificate shall bear the appropriate mark and the package whose design was so approved shall bear all appropriate identification marks. For example:A/132/B(M)F-96CH/28/B(M)F-96would be the identification mark of a package which was originally approved by Austria and was subsequently approved, by separate certificate, by Switzerland. Additional identification marks would be tabulated in a similar manner on the package.(c)The revision of a certificate of approval shall be indicated by a parenthetical expression following the identification mark on the certificate. For example, A/132/B(M)F-96(Rev.2) would indicate revision 2 of the Austrian certificate of approval for the package design; or A/132/B(M)F-96(Rev.0) would indicate the original issuance of the Austrian certificate of approval for the package design. For original issuances, the parenthetical entry is optional and other words such as “original issuance” may also be used in place of “Rev.0”. Certificate revision numbers may only be issued by the country issuing the original certificate of approval.(d)Additional symbols (as may be necessitated by national requirements) may be added in brackets to the end of the identification mark; for example, A/132/B(M)F-96(SP503).(e)It is not necessary to alter the identification mark on the packaging each time that a revision to the certificate of approval in respect of any design is made. Such re-marking shall be made only in those cases where the revision to the package certificate involves a change in the letter type codes for the package design following the second stroke.[G.N. Nos. S 30/2000; S 194/2001]