SCHEDULE 10Information to be Displayed on Containers, Tanks and Vehicles carrying Dangerous Goods
Part IInformation to be Displayed
Display of hazard warning panels22
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.