Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992

Limitation on the carriage of certain substances

11.—(1) The operator of a road tanker shall ensure that—

(a)no organic peroxide which is a dangerous substance is carried in that road tanker unless that substance is listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list and any conditions specified in that Column are complied with;

(b)no other dangerous substance which is not listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list is carried in that road tanker unless its characteristic properties, being properties specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1, create no greater risk to health or safety than other substances having similar characteristic properties which are listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list; and

(c)where a maximum concentration or some other condition is specified for a substance in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list, that substance is not carried in a road tanker except at a concentration equal to or below the maximum concentration or, as the case may be, in accordance with the condition so specified.

(2) The operator of a vehicle carrying a tank container and the operator of that tank container shall ensure that—

(a)no organic peroxide which is a dangerous substance is carried in that tank container unless that substance is listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list and any conditions specified in that Column are complied with;

(b)no other dangerous substance which is not listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list is carried in that tank container unless its characteristic properties, being properties specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1, create no greater risk to health or safety than other substances having similar characteristic properties which are listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list; and

(c)where a maximum concentration or some other condition is specified for a substance in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list, that substance is not carried in that tank container except at a concentration equal to or below the maximum concentration or, as the case may be, in accordance with the condition so specified.