Guidance on the security of dangerous goods by rail

The Department has produced a guidance document to help organisations deliver the new security measures. It is not intended to be a prescriptive document and organisations are free to consider other ways of meeting the requirements of the regulations.

The movement of all civil nuclear material, as defined by the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003 (NISR), is not covered by the CDG security regulations and this associated guidance. The transport of such material is regulated by the Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS) in accordance with the NISR.

The guidance document should give you most if not all of the information you need to implement security into your operation. This and the list of high consequence dangerous goods (see below) will be amended in due course to take account of minor changes to the security requirements incorporated in the 2007 regulations.

It was a developed by representatives from the industry, Government and Police and agreed by our Industry Advisory Group.

Other guidance and information that you might find useful is also available:

• List of High Consequence Dangerous Goods
• TRANSEC site inspection list
• Risk assessment template
• Security plan template
• Security Service Guide to Operational Requirements
• TRANSEC information paper DG1 - Guidance on key issues
• TRANSEC information paper DG2 - Compliance approach
• Frequently asked questions