Regulation 8(3)
SCHEDULE 6Requirements for the Carriage in Bulk in Containers of certain Dangerous Goods
Application
1. This Schedule only applies where the dangerous goods specified herein are, or are to be, carried in bulk in a container.
Flammable solids
2. A container carrying the goods UN 1334 NAPHTHALENE, CRUDE or NAPHTHALENE, REFINED shall be—
(a)closed and have a metal body; or
(b)covered with a non-combustible sheet; and—
(i)have a metal body; or
(ii)have its floor and sides protected from the load.
3.—(1) A container carrying the goods UN 3175 SOLIDS CONTAINING FLAMMABLE LIQUID, N.O.S.*—
(a)may be open, provided it is sheeted; and
(b)shall have adequate ventilation.
(2) Suitable measures shall be taken to ensure that none of the contents, particularly liquid components, of a container carrying the goods referred to in sub-paragraph (1) can escape.
4. A container carrying flammable solids, other than those specified in paragraphs 2 and 3, shall be closed or sheeted.
Spontaneously combustible substances
5. A container carrying spontaneously combustible substances shall be closed or sheeted and have a metal body.
Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
6. A container carrying the goods UN 3170 ALUMINIUM SMELTING BY-PRODUCTS or ALUMINUM REMELTING BY-PRODUCTS of packing group II—
(a)may be open, provided it is sheeted; and
(b)shall be well ventilated.
7. A container carrying any of the following goods shall be closed or sheeted—
UN 3170 ALUMINIUM SMELTING BY-PRODUCTS or ALUMINIUM REMELTING BY-PRODUCTS of packing group II
UN 1408 FERROSILICON with ≥ 30% but < 90% silicon
UN 1405 CALCIUM SILICIDE in pieces of packing groups II and III
UN 2844 CALCIUM MAGNESIUM SILICON in pieces.
8. The openings used for loading and unloading in a container carrying substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas, other than those specified in paragraphs 6 and 7, shall be capable of being closed hermetically.
9. A container carrying any of the following goods—
UN 1438 ALUMINIUM NITRATE
UN 1451 CAESIUM NITRATE
UN 1454 CALCIUM NITRATE
UN 1465 DIDYMIUM NITRATE
UN 1466 FERRIC NITRATE
UN 1467 GUANIDINE NITRATE
UN 1474 MAGNESIUM NITRATE
UN 1477 NITRATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.
UN 1486 POTASSIUM NITRATE
UN 1498 SODIUM NITRATE
UN 1499 SODIUM NITRATE AND POTASSIUM NITRATE MIXTURE
UN 1507 STRONTIUM NITRATE
UN 2067 AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILISERS
UN 2068 AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILISERS
UN 2069 AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILISERS
UN 2070 AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILISERS
UN 2720 CHROMIUM NITRATE
UN 2722 LITHIUM NITRATE
UN 2724 MANGANESE NITRATE
UN 2725 NICKEL NITRATE
UN 2728 ZIRCONIUM NITRATE
UN 3218 NITRATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTION, N.O.S.
shall be—
(a)covered with a lid or an impermeable non-combustible sheet; and
(b)so constructed that either—
(i)the goods in the container cannot come into contact with wood or any other combustible material, or
(ii)the entire surface of the floor and sides, if made of wood—
(aa)has been provided with an impermeable surfacing resistant to combustion; or
(bb)has been coated with sodium silicate or a similar substance.
10. A container carrying oxidizing substances, other than those specified in paragraph 9, shall be—
(a)made of metal;
(b)leak-proof;
(c)covered with a lid or an impermeable sheet resistant to combustion; and
(d)so constructed that the goods contained therein cannot come into contact with wood or any other combustible material.
Toxic substances
11. A container carrying any of the following goods—
UN 1884 BARIUM OXIDE
UN 1564 BARIUM COMPOUNDS, TOXIC, N.O.S. of packing group III
UN 3243 SOLIDS CONTAINING TOXIC LIQUID, N.O.S.*
Waste toxic substances of packing group III—
(a)shall be sheeted or covered; and
(b)shall have complete sides.
12. A container carrying the goods UN 3243 SOLIDS CONTAINING TOXIC LIQUID, N.O.S.* shall be leak-proof or rendered leak-proof, for example, by the provision of a suitable and sufficiently stout inner lining.
13. A container carrying solid wastes containing toxic substances, other than those toxic substances specified in paragraphs 11 and 12, shall—
(a)be sheeted or covered; and
(b)have complete sides.
Corrosive substances
14.—(1) The following goods shall be carried in a large container under sole use—
UN 1794 LEAD SULPHATE
UN 2506 AMMONIUM HYDROGEN SULPHATE
UN 2509 POTASSIUM HYDROGEN SULPHATE
(2) A container carrying any of the goods referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall—
(a)be equipped with a suitable inner lining;
(b)be sheeted or covered; and
(c)have complete sides.
15. The provisions of paragraph 14 shall apply to containers carrying the solid wastes of any of the following goods—
UN 3244 SOLIDS CONTAINING CORROSIVE LIQUID, N.O.S.*
UN 2506 AMMONIUM HYDROGEN SULPHATE
UN 2509 POTASSIUM HYDROGEN SULPHATE
16.—(1) The provisions of paragraph 14(1), and (2)(b) and (c) shall apply to containers carrying the goods UN 3244 SOLIDS CONTAINING CORROSIVE LIQUID, N.O.S.*.
(2) A container carrying the goods referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall be leak-proof or rendered leak-proof, for example by the provision of a suitable and sufficiently stout inner lining.
17. A container carrying solid wastes containing corrosive substances, other than those corrosive substances specified in paragraphs 14 to 16, shall—
(a)be sheeted or have a cover; and
(b)have complete sides.