The Explosives in Harbour Areas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 THE CLASSIFICATION OF AND HAZARD WARNING SIGNS FOR EXPLOSIVES

PART I TABLE OF CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES, CLASSIFICATIONS AND HAZARD WARNING SIGNS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Characteristic properties of the substance	Classification	Hazard Warning Sign
Note Where explosives of more than one division are carried in a freight container or barge. the division with the lowest number should be shown on the hazard warning sign. When explosives of Division 1.5 and Division 1.2 are carried together in a freight container or barge, the hazard warning sign displayed on the freight container or barge should be that for Division 1.1.
An explosive substance, that is to say— (a) a solid or liquid substance, or (b) a mixture of solid or liquid substances or both, which is capable by chemical reaction in itself of producing gas at such a temperature and pressure and at such a speed as could cause damage to surroundings or which is designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of these as a result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions; including one or more such substances contained in an article. (See Note)	Class I: Division 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3	(The Division number “1.2” and Compatibility Group letter “E” shown are only examples).
	Division 1.4	(The Compatibility Group letter “G” shown is only an example). For explosives of hazard (I classification code 1.4~, “1.4S” may appear in the upper half of the label ()I may be shown on its own without the orange label. The orange label may be: dispensed with for fireworks of Division I .d provided the word “FIREWORK” followed by the hazard classification code is shown.
	Division 1.5	(The Compatibility Group, letter “D” shown is only an example).
Explosive substances defined as above which have a predominant hazard appropriate to another class but which nevertheless present a significant hazard from explosion.	According to predominant hazard.	(The hazard warning sign shown above should appear on packages in addition to the hazard warning sign of the main classification).

PART II SPECIFICATION OF HAZARD WARNING SIGNS

1.  The hazard warning sign to be affixed to a freight container or receptacle shall be that shown in column 3 of Part 1 of this Schedule for the classification of the explosives shown in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part, and the signs shall conform in form to those shown in the said column 3, except that the sign may show the class number in accordance with the IMDG Code and in the case of classes 1 and 7 must show the Class number. The background colour of the signs shall be orange, pictographs, numbers, letters and lines shall be black.

2.  Each hazard warning sign shall be in the form of a square set with its sides at an angle of 45° to the vertical and the length of the sides shall be not less than 100 millimetres, except that, in the case of receptacles that are of such dimensions that they can only bear smaller signs, the sign should be as large as is reasonably practicable.

3.  Hazard warning signs to be affixed to a freight container or receptacle shall have a line of the same colour as the symbol, 5 millimetres inside the edge and running parallel to it. (The broken line which surrounds each sign delineates the edge of that sign and need not be shown.)