Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Display of hazard warning panels

22.—(1) Notwithstanding paragraphs 6(1), (2)(a) and (b)(i) and (3), 7(1) and (2)(a) and (b)(i), 13, 14, 16, 18 and 19—

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

(b) the danger sign; and

(c) the telephone number or the text “consult local depot” or “contact local depot”,

may be displayed on a hazard warning panel, which panel shall conform to Figure 5 and be orange-coloured, except that part of it which incorporates the danger sign, which part shall be coloured white.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph 21, 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;

(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 conforming to Figure 2 or 3 is required to be displayed either at the rear or at the sides of a container, tank or vehicle, the hazard warning panel may be displayed instead at the rear or at the sides, as appropriate—

(a) on the vehicle;

(b) on a tank or container; or

(c) on the frame of a tank or container.

(4) Wherever a subsidiary hazard sign is displayed adjacent to the hazard warning panel in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(b), paragraphs 18 and 19 shall not apply insofar as they relate to subsidiary hazard signs.