SCHEDULE 1PLACARDS, MARKS AND PLATE MARKINGS FOR NATIONAL CARRIAGE
PART 1CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD
Use of hazard warning panels (road)
5.—(1) The information required to be displayed on placards and orange-coloured plates pursuant to Section 5.3.1 and paragraphs 1 to 3 and the information required to be displayed pursuant to paragraph 4 may all be shown on hazard warning panels provided that any such panels meet the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2) and, if relevant, sub-paragraph (3).
(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) for a hazard warning panel are that—
(a)it shall be displayed in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4 as if it were an orange-coloured plate;
(b)it shall be orange-coloured, except the part incorporating the placard which shall be white;
(c)the placard shall be not less than 200mm by 200mm, with a line of the same colour as the relevant symbol not more than 12.5mm inside the edge and running parallel to it;
(d)if more than one placard is to be incorporated in the panel, those placards shall be adjacent in the same horizontal plane;
(e)it shall conform to the figure in sub-paragraph (4); and
(f)it shall be clearly visible.
(3) If dangerous goods are carried in a tank which was constructed on or after 1st January 2005, the orange-coloured plate shall be indelible and remain legible after it has been engulfed in fire for 15 minutes.
(4) The figure is—
