The Carriage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Application

    4. 4.Application to international carriage

    5. 5.Application to tanks, pressure receptacles, battery-vehicles, battery-wagons, MEGCs, UN-certified MEGCs and transportable pressure equipment

    6. 6.Application to armed forces

    7. 7.Exemptions

    8. 8.Competent authority

  3. PART II REQUIREMENTS OF ADR AND OF RID

    1. 9.Training

    2. 10.Safety obligations

    3. 11.Safety advisers

    4. 12.Reports on accidents or incidents

    5. 13.Emergency plans for marshalling yards

    6. 14.Classification of goods

    7. 15.Prohibition from carriage

    8. 16.Dangerous goods list and special provisions

    9. 17.Use of packagings

    10. 18.Use of tanks, battery-vehicles, battery-wagons, MEGCs and UN-certified MEGCs

    11. 19.Consignment

    12. 20.Construction and testing of packagings and packages

    13. 21.Carriage, loading, unloading and handling

    14. 22.Vehicle crews, equipment, operation and documentation

    15. 23.Construction and approval of vehicles

  4. PART III COMPETENT AUTHORITY FUNCTIONS

    1. 24.Interpretation of Part III and Schedule 1

    2. 25.Grant of approvals by the Northern Ireland competent authority

    3. 26.Appointment of persons by the Northern Ireland competent authority

    4. 27.Recognition of approvals, tests, methods, standards and procedures etc by the Northern Ireland competent authority

    5. 28.Imposing of requirements by the Northern Ireland competent authority

    6. 29.Issue of safety adviser vocational training certificates by the Northern Ireland competent authority

    7. 30.Issue of driver training certificates by the Northern Ireland competent authority

    8. 31.Notification under sub-section 1.8.2.2 of ADR or of RID

    9. 32.Miscellaneous functions of the Northern Ireland competent authority

    10. 33.Exemption certificates, temporary and ad hoc exemptions

  5. PART IV REQUIREMENTS ADDITIONAL TO ADR AND TO RID

    1. 34.Attendant for carriage of class 1 goods by road

    2. 35.Duration of carriage and delivery of class 1 goods by road

    3. 36.Miscellaneous security requirements for carriage of class 1 goods by road

    4. 37.Miscellaneous security requirements for carriage of class 1 goods by rail

    5. 38.Security requirement for carriage of class 1 goods by road or by rail

    6. 39.Carriage of class 1 goods in vehicles used to carry passengers for hire or reward

    7. 40.Carriage of class 1 goods by road in motor vehicles

    8. 41.Marshalling and formation of trains

    9. 42.Keeping of information by carriers

    10. 43.Placards, marks and plate markings for carriage within Northern Ireland

  6. PART V MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 44.Transitional defence

    2. 45.Defence and enforcement

    3. 46.Amendments to the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991

    4. 47.Consequential amendments

    5. 48.Revocations and savings

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      COMPETENT AUTHORITY FUNCTIONS

      1. PART 1 GRANT OF APPROVALS BY THE NORTHERN IRELAND COMPETENT AUTHORITY

        1. 1.The references referred to in regulation 25(b) are–

        2. 2.Any approval granted by the Northern Ireland competent authority by...

      2. PART 2 APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS BY THE NORTHERN IRELAND COMPETENT AUTHORITY

        1. 3.The references referred to in regulation 26(1)(b) are–

      3. PART 3 RECOGNITION OF APPROVALS, TESTS, METHODS, STANDARDS, PROCEDURES ETC BY THE NORTHERN IRELAND COMPETENT AUTHORITY

        1. 4.The references referred to in regulation 27(b) are sub-sections 6.6.1.2,...

      4. PART 4 IMPOSING OF REQUIREMENTS BY THE NORTHERN IRELAND COMPETENT AUTHORITY

        1. 5.The references referred to in regulation 28(1)(b) are–

        2. 6.– (1) Where the Northern Ireland competent authority imposes requirements...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      FEES FOR CERTIFICATES AND APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVALS

      1. 1.The fee payable to the Secretary of State, or the...

      2. 2.The fee payable to the Secretary of State for the...

      3. 3.The fee payable to the Secretary of State on each...

      4. 4.– (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the fee for the...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CARRIAGE OF CLASS 1 GOODS BY ROAD WHERE ATTENDANT NOT REQUIRED

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      PLACARDS, MARKS AND PLATE MARKINGS FOR CARRIAGE WITHIN NORTHERN IRELAND

      1. PART 1 CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD

        1. 1.Where orange-coloured plates bearing a HIN are required to be...

        2. 2.Subject to paragraphs 3 and 5, where a transport unit...

        3. 3.Subject to paragraph 5, where more than one dangerous good...

        4. 4.– (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where dangerous goods are...

        5. 5.– (1) The information required to be displayed on placards...

      2. PART 2 CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY RAIL

        1. 6.Where orange-coloured plates bearing a HIN are required to be...

        2. 7.Where dangerous goods are being carried in tanks, a telephone...

        3. 8.– (1) The information required to be displayed on placards...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      AMENDMENTS TO THE CLASSIFICATION AND LABELLING OF EXPLOSIVES REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1991

      1. 1.The Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991shall...

      2. 2.In regulation 2 (interpretation)– (1) omit the definition of “Class...

      3. 3.In regulation 3 (classification and labelling of explosive articles and...

      4. 4.In regulation 4(1), for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute the...

      5. 5.For regulation 6 (labelling of an article, substance or combination),...

      6. 6.Regulations 7 (labelling of an article, substance or combination not...

      7. 7.In regulation 10 (labelling generally), in paragraph (1), for “6,...

      8. 8.In regulation 12A, in paragraph (a) for “3(2)(b), 6 or...

      9. 9.In regulation 13(2), for the words from “he is satisfied”to...

      10. 10.Omit Schedules 1 and 2.

      11. 11.In Schedule 3 (labels)– (1) omit paragraphs 1 to 11;...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. 1.Amendment to the Compressed Acetylene Order (Northern Ireland) 1979

      2. 2.Amendments to the Explosives in Harbour Areas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      REVOCATIONS

  9. Explanatory Note