The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

4.  In regulation 7 (exemptions)—

(a) for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—

“(2) Notwithstanding regulations 20(1) and 21(1), where—

(a) goods are packaged in—

(i) limited quantities in accordance with chapter 3.4 of ADR for carriage by road; or

(ii) combination packagings in accordance with chapter 4.1 of ADR,

and are not class 4.2, 6.2 and 7 goods; and

(b) are then removed from their outer packaging for the final stages of the carriage operation between a—

(i) distribution centre and a retailer or end-user; or

(ii) retailer and an end-user,

the marking required by chapter 5.2 and section 6.1.3 of ADR does not have to be affixed for the final stages of the carriage operation provided that the total quantity of such goods on the transport unit does not exceed more than 30 kilograms or litres per type, colour, strength or inner package size of a substance or an article and not more than 333 kilograms or litres per transport unit.”;

(b) in paragraph (4) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—

“(a) FL, OX and AT vehicles which—

(i) are used or intended to be used to carry only old tanks; and

(ii) do not meet all of the requirements in sections 9.7.2 and 9.7.3 of ADR applicable to old tanks and fastenings attaching old tanks to vehicles,

shall be deemed to meet those requirements provided that they comply with the requirements in Schedule 1 and need not be subject to an annual technical inspection in accordance with sub-section 9.1.2.3 of ADR; and”;

(c) in paragraph (6) for the words “UN-certified MEGCs” there shall be substituted “UN MEGCs”; and

(d) in paragraph (7) for the words “UN-certified MEGC” there shall be substituted “UN MEGC”.