Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulation (Northern Ireland) 1998

Regulation 14

SCHEDULE 5 Information to be Displayed on Containers, Tank Containers, Tank Wagons and Wagons

Information

1.—(1) The information specified in sub-paragraph (2) shall be displayed on—

(a) containers, tank containers, tank wagons and wagons which are being used for the carriage of dangerous goods; and

(b) empty, uncleaned containers, tank containers, tank wagons and wagons which contain the residues of dangerous goods,

in accordance with this Schedule.

(2) The information referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is as follows—

(a) the UN number for the goods specified in the Approved Carriage List;

(b) the emergency action code, if any, ascertained in accordance with the Approved Carriage List;

(c) the danger sign for the goods ascertained in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

(d) the subsidiary hazard sign for the goods, if any, ascertained in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations; and

(e) a telephone number where specialist advice concerning the goods can be obtained in English at any time during carriage.

(3) The information specified in sub-paragraph (2) shall be displayed as follows—

(a) the UN number and, subject to head (b), the emergency action code shall consist of black digits or letters of 100 millimetres height and 15 millimetres stroke thickness;

(b) where the emergency action code in column 5 of the Approved Carriage List indicates a white letter on a black background, that letter shall be displayed as an orange letter on a black rectangle having a height and width at least 10 millimetres greater than the height and width of the letter;

(c) subject to paragraph 7, the danger sign and the subsidiary hazard sign, if any, shall have sides which measure not less than 250 millimetres;

(d) the telephone number shall consist of black digits of 30 millimetres height and shall be displayed on an orange-coloured background.

Panels

2.  The orange-coloured panels and hazard warning panels referred to in this Schedule shall be—

(a) subject to paragraph 8, in the form of a plate;

(b) rigid or fixed to be rigid and securely attached in a substantially vertical plane; and

(c) clearly visible.

Tank containers and tank wagons carrying dangerous goods

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) and to paragraph 7, tank containers and tank wagons used for the carriage of dangerous goods shall display—

(a) an orange-coloured panel, conforming to figure 1, on each side of the tank of the tank container, or the frame of the container on which the tank sits, or on each side of the tank wagon, as the case may be, bearing the UN number and the emergency action code;

(b) the danger sign and subsidiary hazard sign, if any, adjacent to each orange-coloured panel;

(c) the telephone number, in the immediate vicinity of each orange-coloured panel.

(2) Where a number of different dangerous goods, other than those goods specified in sub-paragraph (3), are carried in separate compartments of the same tank container or tank wagon, an orange-coloured panel, conforming to figure 1, (bearing the UN number and the emergency action code), the danger sign, the subsidiary hazard sign, if any, and the telephone number shall be affixed on each side of each compartment of the tank container or tank wagon, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tank container or tank wagon, so as to be clearly visible.

(3) Where two or more of these goods are being carried in a multi-compartment tank container or tank wagon—

• UN 1202 DIESEL FUEL or GAS OIL or HEATING OIL, LIGHT

• UN 1203 PETROL or MOTOR SPIRIT or GASOLINE

• UN 1223 KEROSENE

  (a)

  paragraph 3(1)(a) shall apply as though the tank container or tank wagon were carrying only one of the dangerous goods listed in the Approved Carriage List; and

  (b)

  any reference in paragraph 3(1)(a) to—

  (i)

  the UN number shall be taken as a reference to the UN number of the most hazardous of the goods being carried, and

  (ii)

  the emergency action code shall be taken as a reference to the emergency action code of the most hazardous of the goods present.

Containers and wagons carrying dangerous goods in bulk

4.  Subject to paragraph 7, containers and wagons used for the carriage of dangerous goods in bulk shall display—

(a) an orange-coloured panel, conforming to figure 1, on each side of the container or wagon concerned, bearing the emergency action code and the UN number; and

(b) the danger sign and the subsidiary hazard sign, if any, adjacent to each orange-coloured panel.

Containers and wagons carrying dangerous goods in packages

5.  Where dangerous goods are being carried in packages in a container or wagon and those dangerous goods are such that a danger sign or a subsidiary hazard sign is required by the CDGCPL Regulations to be displayed on packages containing those goods, the same signs shall also be affixed to or displayed on the outside of the container or wagon concerned as follows—

(a) the danger sign on each side of the container or wagon; and

(b) the subsidiary hazard sign, if any, adjacent to and on the same horizontal plane as each danger sign.

Piggyback transport

6.  Subject to paragraph 9, where dangerous goods are being carried by piggyback transport the wagon shall display—

(a) the danger sign on each side; and

(b) the subsidiary hazard sign, if any, adjacent to and on the same horizontal plane as the danger sign.

Exceptions

7.—(1) Notwithstanding paragraphs 3(1) and (2) and 4—

(a) the information required to be displayed on an orange-coloured panel;

(b) the danger sign; and

(c) the telephone number,

may be displayed on a hazard warning panel, which panel shall conform to figure 2 and be orange-coloured, except that part of it which incorporates the danger sign, which part shall be coloured white.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph 1(3)(c), where a hazard warning panel is displayed—

(a) the danger sign incorporated within the panel shall have—

(i) sides which measure not less than 200 mm, and

(ii) a line of the same colour as the symbol not more than 12·5 mm inside the edge and running parallel to it; and

(b) the subsidiary hazard sign, if any, shall be the same size as the danger sign and shall be displayed adjacent to it and in the same horizontal plane.

(3) Wherever an orange-coloured panel is required to be displayed at the sides of the container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon the hazard warning panel may be displayed instead at the sides of the container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon concerned.

8.  Where dangerous goods are being carried in a tank container or tank wagon or in bulk in a container or wagon, the orange-coloured panels may be replaced by—

(a) self-adhesive sheets;

(b) paint; or

(c) any other equivalent process,

of the same dimensions as the orange-coloured panels, provided the material used for this purpose is weather-resistant and ensures durable marking.

9.  Paragraph 6 shall not apply where the road vehicle being carried displays information concerning the goods being carried in accordance with regulation 18 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(1) and that information is clearly visible.

Figure 1 Orange-coloured panel displaying the emergency action code and the UN number

The emergency action code shall be inscribed in the upper half and the UN number shall be inscribed in the lower half.

Figure 2 Hazard warning panel

The emergency action code shall be inscribed in the upper half and the UN number in the lower half of the orange-coloured panel and the telephone number beneath the UN number.

(1)

S.R. 1997 No. 248