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

Information to be shown on labels

10.  The following information shall be shown on each label—

(a) if the substance is listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list—

(i) in space (1), the substance identification number for that substance and (if desired) the name of the substance given in the said Column 1 or its trade name, and

(ii) in space (2), the sign shown in Column 3 of Part I of Schedule 1 which adjoins such description set out in Column 2 of that Part as corresponds with the classification of the substance (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part Ill of Schedule 1); except that, until 1st January 1993, in the case of a dangerous substance whose classification is “other dangerous substance”, the sign shown in Part II of Schedule 1 may be used (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part IV of Schedule 1);

(b) if the substance is not listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list—

(i) in space (1), an internationally-recognised chemical name for it, its accepted common name or its trade name; and the words “hot liquid” where the substance is being carried at a temperature in excess of 100°C, and the words “above FP” where the substance is being carried above its flash point, and

(ii) in space (2), the sign shown in Column 3 of Part I of Schedule 1 which adjoins the classification of the substance (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part Ill of Schedule 1); except that, until 1st January 1993, in the case of a dangerous substance whose classification is “other dangerous substance”, the sign shown in Part II of Schedule 1 may be used (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part IV of Schedule 1); and

(c) where all the substances being carried bear the same classification, space (2) (if included in the label) may be left blank.