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

2.  In regulation 2—

(a) at the end of paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(k) the goods are being carried by private individuals, packaged for retail sale, and intended for the personal or domestic use of those individuals or for leisure or sporting activities;

(l) 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;

(m) the goods are being carried by, or under the supervision of, the emergency services;

(n) the goods are being carried as a result of an emergency, 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;

(o) the goods are—

(i) 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 1988 ALDEHYDES, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S.

• UN 1992 FLAMMABLE LIQUID, 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,

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

• UN 2603 CYCLOHEPTATRIENE

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

of packing group II, or

(iii) 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.,

and are pharmaceutical products ready for use, packaged for retail sale, and intended for personal or household use, and in this sub-paragraph, “pharmaceutical products” include medicines, drugs and cosmetics;

(p) the carriage fulfils the conditions referred to in paragraph (1A).”;

(b) after paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1A) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1)(p) are—

(a) the carriage is by any person whose main activity is not the carriage of dangerous goods;

(b) the carriage is for—

(i) survey, repair or maintenance activities, or

(ii) deliveries to building or civil engineering sites; and

(c) the carriage is of goods which are dangerous goods (other than radioactive material)—

(i) in packages where the total mass or volume of packaged dangerous goods does not exceed the number specified in column 3 of Table 2 in Schedule 1 to the CDG Road Regulations opposite the entry in column 1 of that Table for the appropriate transport category of those goods,

(ii) in a receptacle in any package where the mass or volume of dangerous goods in that receptacle does not exceed the number specified in column 2 of Table 2 in Schedule 1 to the CDG Road Regulations opposite the entry in column 1 of that Table for the appropriate transport category of those goods, or

(iii) in a receptacle which is a package, where the mass or volume of that package does not exceed the number specified in column 2 of Table 2 in Schedule 1 to the CDG Road Regulations opposite the entry in column 1 of that Table for the appropriate transport category of those goods,

and in this paragraph “mass or volume” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(3) of the CDG Road Regulations, “total mass or volume of packaged dangerous goods” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(4)(a) of the CDG Road Regulations, and “transport category” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1), as applied in accordance with regulation 2(5), of the CDG Road Regulations.”; and

(c) after paragraph (5), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(5A) Regulations 11 to 13 shall not apply to or in relation to the carriage of dangerous goods in any package where that package contains goods which appear in or have a classification which is specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to the CDGCPL Regulations—

(a) insofar as they are within the packing group, if any, specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule; and

(b) are contained in individual receptacles containing quantities not exceeding those specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that Schedule (or, in the case of a gas, contained in individual receptacles not exceeding the volumes specified in that column),

provided that the total gross mass of any package containing any receptacles as are referred to above shall not exceed 30 kilograms.”.