The Road Traffic (Carriage of Explosives) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Regulation 2(2), 5(2)(a), 10(5), 11(4), and 14(2)

SCHEDULE 1 Exceptions

Part I

1	2
Explosives	UN Number
Articles, pyrotechnic for technical purposes	0432
Cartridges, power device	0323
Cartridges, signal	0405
Cartridges, small arms	0012
Cartridges, small arms, blank	0014
Cases, cartridge, empty, with primer	0055
Cutters, cable, explosive	0070
Fireworks	0337
Flares, aerial	0404
Fuse, safety	0105
Igniters	0454
Lighters, fuse	0131
Primers, cap type	0044
Signal devices, hand	0373
Signals, railway track, explosive	0193

Part II

1	2
Explosives	UN Number
* These explosives are referred to in paragraph 9(c)(i) of Part II of Schedule 4.
Cartridges, small arms*	0328
Cartridges, small arms	0339
Cartridges, small arms, blank*	0327
Cartridges, small arms, blank	0338
Cases, cartridge, empty, with primer	0379
Fireworks*	0333
Fireworks*	0334
Fireworks*	0335
Fireworks	0336
Signal Devices, hand	0191
Signals, distress, ship*	0195

Part III

1	2
Explosives	UN Number
Articles, pyrotechnic for technical purposes	0428
Articles, pyrotechnic for technical purposes	0429
Articles, pyrotechnic for technical purposes	0430
Articles, pyrotechnic for technical purposes	0431
Cartridges, oil well	0277
Cartridges, oil well	0278
Cartridges, power device	0275
Cartridges, power device	0276
Cartridges, power device	0381
Cartridges, signal	0054
Cartridges, signal	0312
Cases, combustible, empty, without primer	0446
Cases, combustible, empty, without primer	0447
Cord, igniter	0066
Dinitrosobenzene	0406
Flares, aerial	0093
Flares, aerial	0403
Flares, surface	0092
Flash powder	0094
Flash powder	0305
Fuse, instantaneous, non-detonating (quickmatch)	0101
Igniters	0121
Igniters	0314
Igniters	0315
Igniters	0325
5-Mercapto-tetrazol-l-acetic acid	0448
Potassium salts of aromatic nitro-derivatives, explosive	0158
Primers, cap type	0377
Primers, cap type	0378
Rockets, line throwing	0238
Rockets, line throwing	0240
Rockets, line throwing	0453
Signals, distress, ship	0194
Signals, railway track, explosive	0192
Signals, smoke with explosive sound unit	0196
Signals, smoke without explosive sound unit	0197
Sodium dinitro-o-cresolate, dry or wetted with less than 15% water by mass	0234
Sodium picramate, dry or wetted with less than 20% water by mass	0235
Tetrazol-l-acetic acid	0407
Zirconium picramate dry or wetted with less than 20% water by mass	0236

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 2 Limits on quantities of explosives permitted to be carried

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Type of explosives		Maximum Quantity
Division	Compatibility Group
1.1	A	500 kilograms
1.1	B, F, G or L	5 tonnes
1.1	C, D, E or J	16 tonnes
1.2	Any	16 tonnes
1.3	Any	16 tonnes
Unclassified explosives carried solely in connection with an application for their classification		500 kilograms

Regulations 6(3), 7(1)(a)(i) (b)(i), and 8(2)

SCHEDULE 3 Mixed loads

Compatibility Groups

1.  Where explosives in different Compatibility Groups are carried together, they shall, for the purpose of applying Schedule 2, all be deemed to be in the Group amongst them which comes highest in the following list, that is, Group B (highest), F, G, C, D, E and J (lowest).

Divisions

2.  Where explosives in different Divisions are carried together then, subject to paragraph 3—

(a) for the purpose of applying Schedule 2, all the explosives (with the exception of those in Division 1.4) shall be deemed to be in the Division amongst them which comes highest in the following list that is Division 1.1 (highest), 1.2, 1.3 and 1.5 (lowest);

(b) for the purpose of applying Schedule 4, all the explosives shall be deemed to be in the Division amongst them which comes highest in the following list, that is Division 1.1 (highest), 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 and 1.4 (lowest).

3.  Where explosives in Division 1.5 are carried with explosives in Division 1.2 then, for the purpose of applying Schedules 2 and 4, they shall all be deemed to be in Division 1.1.

Permitted mixed loads

4.  The following mixed loads are permitted to be carried for the purposes of regulation 7(1)(a)(i) and (b)(i)—

(a) detonating fuzes in Compatibility Group B may be carried with explosive articles in Compatibility Group D, E or F of which the fuzes are components;

(b) explosive substances in Compatibility Group C or D may be carried—

(i) together,

(ii) with explosive articles in Compatibility Group C, D or E, or

(iii) with explosive articles in Division 1.4 in Compatibility Group G, or any combination of them may be carried;

(c) explosive articles in Compatibility Group C, D or E may be carried—

(i) together,

(ii) with explosive articles in Compatibility Group F, or

(iii) with explosive articles in Compatibility Group G,

or any combination of them may be carried except a combination of the explosives mentioned in heads (ii) and (iii) of this sub-paragraph;

(d) explosive substances or explosive articles in Compatibility Group S may be carried together or with explosive substances or explosive articles in Compatibility Group B, C, D, E, F, G or J, or with a mixture of explosive substances or explosive articles in those Compatibility Groups if such a mixture is permitted to be carried by virtue of sub-paragraphs (a) to (c).

Regulation 8

SCHEDULE 4 Marking of Vehicles

Part I Requirements

1.  At all times when explosives are carried—

(a) two blank rectangular reflectorised orange-coloured plates conforming to the requirements of paragraphs 2 and 4 shall be affixed, one at the front and the other at the rear of the vehicle,

(b) two placards conforming to the requirements of paragraphs 3 to 8 shall be affixed, one to each side of the vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer or freight container in which the explosives are actually carried.

2.  Each plate referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall—

(a) be in the form of the following diagram and comply with the measurements in the diagram, and

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(b) have a black border not more than 15 millimetres wide.

3.  Each placard referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall—

(a) be in the form of a square set with its side at an angle of 45 degs to the vertical, and

(b) have an orange-coloured background with a black border; and any figure, letter or pictograph required by the following provisions of this Schedule shall be in black.

4.  Each plate and placard referred to in paragraph 1 shall—

(a) be clearly visible,

(b) so far as is reasonably practicable, be kept clean and free from obstruction at all times when explosives are being carried, and

(c) be completely covered or completely removed when all explosives have been removed from the vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer or freight container on which it was displayed.

5.  In the case of explosives in Division 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 each placard referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall—

(a) be in the form of the following diagram (the Division number “1.2” and the Compatibility Group letter “E” are only examples);

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(b) comply with the measurements in the diagram except that larger measurements may be used in which case the measurements shall be increased proportionally;

(c) have a pictograph of a bomb blast filling most of its upper half;

(d) have the Division number and Compatibility Group letter appropriate to the explosives being carried written in its lower half; and

(e) have the class number “1” written in its bottom corner below the Division number and Compatibility Group letter.

6.  In the case of explosives in Division 1.4 or 1.5 each placard referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall—

(a) be in the form of the following diagram (the Division number “1.4” and the Compatibility Group letter “E” are only examples);

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(b) comply with the measurements in the diagram except that larger measurements may be used in which case the measurements shall be increased proportionally;

(c) have the Division number appropriate to the explosives being carried written on its upper half;

(d) have the Compatibility Group letter appropriate to the explosives being carried written on its lower half; and

(e) have the class number “1” written in its bottom corner below the Compatibility Group letter.

7.  In the case of a vehicle carrying explosives of different Compatibility Groups, no Compatibility Group letter shall be written on the placards.

8.  In the case of explosives which are carried solely in connection with an application for their classification, each placard referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall—

(a) be in the form of the following diagram; and

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(b) comply with the measurements in the diagram, except that larger measurements may be used in which case the measurements shall be increased proportionally.

Part II Exceptions

9.  Part I shall not apply where—

(a) the explosives carried are substances in Compatibility Group G not exceeding 1 kilogram in quantity;

(b) the explosives carried are in Compatibility Group B or are unclassified explosives not exceeding (in either case) 10 kilograms in quantity;

(c) the explosives carried are—

(i) explosives of a type marked with an asterisk in Part II of Schedule 1; or

(ii) smokeless powder in Division 1.3 (being the explosive substance allocated on classification the UN Number 0161),

and the total quantity of all explosives carried in the vehicle does not exceed 100 kilograms;

(d) the explosives carried are in Division 1.4 and (except in the case of explosives in Compatibility Group S) do not exceed 500 kilograms in quantity;

(e) the explosives carried are other than those specified in the preceding provisions of this paragraph and do not exceed a total quantity of 50 kilograms;

(f) the explosives are being carried for or in connection with the carriage of those explosives by sea, if the vehicle or any freight container on the vehicle is placarded in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code issued by the International Maritime Organisation, as revised or re-issued from time to time; or

(g) the explosives are being carried for or in connection with the carriage of those explosives by air if the explosives are packaged and labelled in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air issued by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

10.  While the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded—

(a) paragraph 1(b) shall not apply,

(b) sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 4 shall not apply to the orange-coloured plate at the rear of the vehicle.