Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 2 Amendments to the Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

1.  In regulation 2(1)—

(a) for the definition of “goods named individually” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““goods named individually” in relation to the Approved Carriage List means those goods which are articles or substances specifically listed by name;”; and

(b) in the definition of “tank container” the words “(or 1000 litres in the case of tanks used for the carriage of a gas)” shall be omitted.

2.  In regulation 3—

(a) for paragraph (1)(g) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(g) the goods are being carried in machinery or equipment which is not named individually in the Approved Carriage List and which contains dangerous goods in its internal or operational equipment;”;

(b) after paragraph (1)(j) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(jj) as a result of an emergency, the goods are being carried with the intention of saving human life or protecting the environment, provided that all measures are taken to ensure that such carriage is carried out safely;”; and

(c) after paragraph (7) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(7A) These Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to the carriage of any of the following dangerous goods—

(a) UN 1992 FLAMMABLE LIQUID, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 2603 CYCLOHEPTATRIENE

• UN 3248 MEDICINE, LIQUID, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S.,

• of packing group II;

(b) UN 1228 MERCAPTANS, LIQUID, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S. or MERCAPTAN MIXTURE, LIQUID, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 1986 ALCOHOLS, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 1992 FLAMMABLE LIQUID, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 1988 ALDEHYDES, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 2310 PENTANE-2,4-DIONE

• UN 2478 ISOCYANATES, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S. or ISOCYANATE SOLUTION, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 2841 DI-n-AMYLAMINE

• UN 3248 MEDICINE, LIQUID, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S.,

• of packing group III; and

(c) UN 1544 ALKALOIDS, SOLID, N.O.S. or ALKALOID SALTS, SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 1570 BRUCINE

• UN 1654 NICOTINE

• UN 1655 NICOTINE COMPOUND, SOLID, N.O.S. or NICOTINE PREPARATION, SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 1656 NICOTINE HYDROCHLORIDE or NICOTINE HYDROCHLORIDE SOLUTION

• UN 1657 NICOTINE SALICYLATE

• UN 1658 NICOTINE SULPHATE, SOLID, or NICOTINE SULPHATE SOLUTION

• UN 1659 NICOTINE TARTRATE

• UN 1692 STRYCHNINE or STRYCHNINE SALTS

• UN 1851 MEDICINE, LIQUID, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 3140 ALKALOIDS, LIQUID, N.O.S. or ALKALOID SALTS, LIQUID, N.O.S.

• UN 3144 NICOTINE COMPOUND, LIQUID, N.O.S. or NICOTINE PREPARATION, LIQUID, N.O.S.

• UN 3172 TOXINS EXTRACTED FROM LIVING SOURCES, N.O.S.

• UN 3249 MEDICINE, SOLID, TOXIC, N.O.S.,

where those goods are pharmaceutical products ready for use, packaged for retail sale, and intended for personal or household use, and in this paragraph, “pharmaceutical products” include medicines, drugs and cosmetics.”.

3.  After regulation 4(2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(3) Where the Executive approves a revision referred to in paragraph (2), during the period between the publication by the Executive of a notice specifying that revision and the date on which that revision takes effect a person may comply with the requirements of these Regulations as if any reference to any of the approved documents were a reference to—

(a) the approved document prior to that revision; or

(b) the approved document as revised.”.

4.  In regulation 8, for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2) The particulars required under paragraph (1)(a) shall be the following particulars ascertained in accordance with regulation 5 namely—

(a) the designation of the goods;

(b) the UN number (in all cases preceded by the letters “UN”);

(c) the danger sign;

(d) any subsidiary hazard signs; and

(e) where those goods are being carried in salvage packagings, the word “salvage”,

and in this paragraph “salvage packagings” means packagings conforming to the design type for salvage packagings approved under regulation 6(1)(e).”.

5.  In paragraph (2) of regulation 18, for the words from “it is satisfied” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words “it is satisfied that neither the health and safety of persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption nor the environment will be prejudiced in consequence of it.”.

6.  In column (2) of Schedule 1—

(a) in paragraph (b) of the entry corresponding to the classification “Flammable gas”, for the words “is packed in an aerosol dispenser where that dispenser contains either” there shall be substituted the words “is packed in an aerosol, or is a gas packed in a small receptacle, where that aerosol or receptacle contains either”; and

(b) in paragraph (a) of the entry corresponding to the classification “Flammable liquid”, after the word “temperature” there shall be inserted the words “at or”.

7.  In Schedule 3, for the table there shall be substituted the following table—

“Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Goods/Classification	Packing group	Maximum quantity per receptacle (or maximum receptacle volume, in the case of a gas)
Non-flammable, non-toxic, gas, except one with a fire intensifying subsidiary hazard	–	120ml (or 1 litre in aerosols)
Flammable gas or a non-flammable, non-toxic gas with a fire intensifying subsidiary hazard	–	1 litre in aerosols
Toxic gas	–	120ml in aerosols
Flammable liquid,	II	1 litre
	III	5 litres
except for the following—
UN 1162 DIMETHYLDICHLOROSILANE
UN 1196 ETHYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 2198 TRIMETHYLCHLOROSILANE
UN 2985 CHLOROSILANES, FLAMMABLE, CORROSIVE, N.O.S.
UN 3064 NITROGLYCERIN, SOLUTION IN ALCOHOL
Flammable solid,	II	500g
	III	3kg
except for the following—
UN 2034 NAPHTHALENE, MOLTEN
UN 2448 SULPHUR, MOLTEN
UN 2555 NITROCELLULOSE WITH WATER
UN 2556 NITROCELLULOSE WITH ALCOHOL
UN 2557 NITROCELLULOSE MIXTURE WITH or WITHOUT PLASTICIZER, WITH OR WITHOUT PIGMENT
UN 2907 ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE MIXTURE
UN 3176 FLAMMABLE SOLID, ORGANIC, MOLTEN, N.O.S.
UN 3221 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE B
UN 3222 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE B
UN 3223 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE C
UN 3224 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE C
UN 3225 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE D
UN 3226 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE D
UN 3227 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE E
UN 3228 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE E
UN 3229 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE F
UN 3230 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE F
UN 3231 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE B, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
UN 3232 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE B, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
UN 3233 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE C, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
UN 3234 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE C, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
UN 3235 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE D, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
UN 3236 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE D, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
UN 3237 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE E, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
UN 3238 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE E, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
UN 3239 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE F, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
UN 3240 SELF-REACTIVE SOLID TYPE F, TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED
UN 3256 ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID, FLAMMABLE, N.O.S. with flash point above 60·5°C, at or above its flash point
UN 3270 NITROCELLULOSE MEMBRANE FILTERS
UN 3319 NITROGLYCERIN MIXTURE, DESENSITIZED, SOLID, N.O.S.
UN 3344 PENTAERYTHRITE TETRA-NITRATE MIXTURE, DESENSI-TIZED, SOLID, N.O.S.
Substance (liquid or solid) which in contact with water emits flammable gas, except for the following—	II III	500g 1kg
UN 1418 MAGNESIUM POWDER or MAGNESIUM ALLOYS POWDER
UN 1436 ZINC POWDER or ZINC DUST
UN 3135 WATER-REACTIVE SOLID, SELF-HEATING, N.O.S.
UN 3209 METALLIC SUBSTANCE, WATER- REACTIVE, SELF-HEATING, N.O.S.
UN 3292 BATTERIES, CONTAINING SODIUM, or CELLS, CONTAINING SODIUM
Oxidizing substance (liquid or solid),	II	500g
	III	1kg
except for UN 2426 AMMONIUM NITRATE, LIQUID
(hot concentrated solution)
Organic peroxide (solid, of Type B or C as defined in the appropriate approved method, and not requiring temperature control)	–	100g
Organic peroxide (liquid, of Type B or C as defined in the appropriate approved method, and not requiring temperature control)	–	25ml
Organic peroxide (solid, of Type D, E or F as defined in the appropriate approved method, and not requiring temperature control)	–	500g
Organic peroxide (liquid, of Type D, E or F as defined in the appropriate approved method, and not requiring temperature control)	–	125ml
Toxic substance,	II	500g (solid) 100ml (liquid)
	III	3kg (solid) 1 litre (liquid)
except for the following—
UN 1569 BROMOACETONE
UN 1600 DINITROTOLUENES, MOLTEN
UN 1693 TEAR GAS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID OR SOLID, N.O.S.
UN 1697 CHLOROACETOPHENONE
UN 1700 TEAR GAS CANDLES
UN 1701 XYLYL BROMIDE
UN 1737 BENZYL BROMIDE
UN 1738 BENZYL CHLORIDE
UN 2016 AMMUNITION, TOXIC, NON-EXPLOSIVE
UN 2017 AMMUNITION, TEAR-PRODUCING, NON-EXPLOSIVE
UN 2312 PHENOL, MOLTEN
UN 3124 TOXIC SOLID, SELF-HEATING, N.O.S.
UN 3250 CHLOROACETIC ACID, MOLTEN
Corrosive substance,	II	1kg (solid) 500ml (liquid)—if glass, porcelain or stoneware receptacles are used they must be enclosed in compatible and rigid intermediate packagings
	III	2kg (solid) 1 litre (liquid)
except for the following—
UN 1724 ALLYLTRICHLOROSILANE, STABILIZED
UN 1728 AMYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 1747 BUTYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 1753 CHLOROPHENYLTRICHLORO-SILANE
UN 1762 CYCLOHEXENYLTRICHLORO-SILANE
UN 1763 CYCLOHEXYLTRICHLORO-SILANE
UN 1766 DICHLOROPHENYLTRICHLORO-SILANE
UN 1767 DIETHYLDICHLOROSILANE
UN 1769 DIPHENYLDICHLOROSILANE
UN 1771 DODECYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 1781 HEXADECYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 1784 HEXYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 1799 NONYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 1800 OCTADECYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 1801 OCTYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 1804 PHENYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 1810 PHOSPHORUS OXYCHLORIDE
UN 1816 PROPYLTRICHLOROSILANE
UN 1838 TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE
UN 2028 BOMBS, SMOKE, NON-EXPLOSIVE
UN 2401 PIPERIDINE
UN 2434 DIBENZYLDICHLOROSILANE
UN 2435 ETHYLPHENYLDICHLORO- SILANE
UN 2437 METHYLPHENYLDICHLORO- SILANE
UN 2442 TRICHLOROACETYL CHLORIDE
UN 2576 PHOSPHORUS OXYBROMIDE, MOLTEN
UN 2826 ETHYL CHLOROTHIOFORMATE
UN 2986 CHLOROSILANES, CORROSIVE, FLAMMABLE, N.O.S.
UN 2987 CHLOROSILANES, CORROSIVE N.O.S.
UN 3301 CORROSIVE LIQUID, SELF-HEATING, N.O.S.
UN 1941 DIBROMODIFLUOROMETHANE	III	5 litres
UN 1990 BENZALDEHYDE	III	5 litres
UN 3077 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S.	III	5 kg
UN 3082 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S.	III	5 litres”

8.  In paragraph 3 of Schedule 9, for the words “Paragraphs 3, 4, 5(1)(a) and 10(1) of Schedule 8” there shall be substituted the words “Paragraphs 3, 4, 5(1)(a), (2)(a) and 10(1) of Schedule 8”.