HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 c1262W
Alan Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the meaning is of the term 'carrier' as used in REPPIR. [73189]

Mr. Jamieson

In the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 a `carrier' is an employer undertaking the transport by rail of any radioactive substance, which includes a carrier for hire or reward and a carrier on own account, and an employer transferring or conveying a radioactive substance through any public place otherwise than by rail, road, inland waterway, sea or air or by means of a pipeline or similar means.