Protection from Harmful Radiation Regulation 2025
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37 Source transport security plans—additional matters
37 Source transport security plans—additional matters
(1) A source transport security plan must also deal with the following matters—
(a) why the source is being transported,
(b) a description of—
(i) the conveyance in which the source will be transported, and
(ii) the arrangements for securing the shipment during transfer between different conveyances or during other stops,
(c) the name, address and business and after hours contact details for the consignor, consignee, carrier and, if applicable, guard or police services,
(d) a description of the administrative and procedural security protection measures to be used in connection with the prescribed security measures for the source, including—
(i) contact details for local police and the Authority and arrangements for notifying local police or the Authority, or both, depending on the issue, and
(ii) contingency and emergency procedures for vehicle accidents or breakdowns, including, for category 1 sources, a planned principal route and an alternative route, and
(iii) security response arrangements, including the notification of a security breach to local emergency services and the Authority as appropriate, and
(iv) security briefings for persons involved in transporting the source, including the nature of any threats, the threat level and contingency and security response arrangements, and
(v) identification and security checking carried out in accordance with the Act, and
(vi) information security, and
(vii) the ways in which persons involved in transporting the source may communicate, and
(viii) actions to be taken if there is a change in the threat level.
(2) For the Act, section 14(6)(b), a person responsible for a security enhanced source must ensure the source transport security plan for the source is given to the Authority—
(a) for a category 1 source—at least 7 days before the transportation of the source, and