The Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 1989

Regulation 2(8)

THE SCHEDULE The Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages etc.) Regulations 1986

AMENDMENTS TO HEADINGS TO PARTS I AND II OF SCHEDULE 1; TO COLUMN 1 OF PART I AND PARAGRAPH 3 OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1; TO COLUMN 1 OF SCHEDULE 2; AND TO SCHEDULE 3.

Schedule	Amendments
1.  The heading to Part I of Schedule 1.	Insert “PACKING” between “AND” and “GROUPS”.
2.  Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1.	(a) In the specification headed “Flammable Liquid”, substitute “not greater” for “less” and “55°C” for “21°C”; insert “not greater than” before “35°C” where it first occurs and “and a flash point of less than 21°C” after “35°C” where it last occurs; and delete “and below”. (b) In the specification headed “Flammable Solid”, delete “flammable” in line 4, and, in sub-paragraph (b), insert “is a self-reactive solid or” before “can”. (c) In the specification headed “Substance which in contact with water emits flammable gas”, in sub-paragraph (a), substitute “spontaneously” for “in the presence of water or moisture”, and “such that the rate of evolution of flammable gas is equal to or greater than 10 litres per kilogram of substance over any period of one minute; or” for “and has a minimum rate of gas evolution over any one minute of 500 millilitres per gram; or”; and, in sub-paragraph (b), delete “gas”, and substitute “of flammable gas is equal to or greater than 20 litres per kilogram of substance per hour” for “over any one day is equal to or greater than 500 millilitres per gram”. (d) In the specification headed “Oxidizing Substance”, substitute “a degree equal to or greater than” for “a greater degree than”; and, in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) respectively, substitute “potassium bromate” for “sodium chlorate”, and “potassium perchlorate” for “sodium nitrate”. (e) In the specification headed “Toxic Substance”, substitute “packing group I or II” for “group I or group II”.
3.  The heading to Part II of Schedule 1.	Insert “PACKING” between “INTO” and “GROUPS”.
4.  Paragraph 3 of Part II of Schedule 1.	(a) In line 1, insert “packing” between “into” and “groups”. (b) Substitute the following table for the existing table–

Classification	Packing group	Oral toxicity LD50 (mg/kg)	Dermal toxicity LD50 (mg/kg)	Inhalation toxicity of dusts or mists LC50 (mg/L)	Inhalation toxicity of vapours where V is the saturated vapour concentration produced by the substance at 20°C expressed by reference to LC50 (ml/m3)
Toxic Substance	I	≤5	≤40	≤0.5	V ≥10.LC50 and LC50 ≤1000
	II	>5 to ≤50	>40 to ≤200	>0.5 to ≤2	V ≥LC50 and LC50 ≤3000 but not placed in packing group I

5.  Column 1 of Schedule 2.

(a) In the entry for “tert-Amyl peroxyneodecanoate”, substitute “77% in solution” for “75% with phlegmatiser”. (b) In the second entry for “tert-Butyl peroxy-2-ethylhexanoate”, substitute “52% in solution” for “50% with phlegmatiser”. (c) In the third entry for “ tert-Butyl peroxy-2-ethylhexanoate”, substitute “31%” for “30%”, “36%” for “35%” where it first occurs and “33%” for “35%” where it last occurs. (d) In each of the entries for “tert-Butyl peroxypivalate”, substitute “67%” for “72%”. (e) In the entry for “Diacetyl peroxide”, delete “(di-methylphthalate or other approved phlegmatiser)”. (f) In the entry for “Di-(2-methylbenzoyl) peroxide”, substitute “87%” for “85%”. (g) In the entry for “Dipropionyl peroxide”, substitute “27%” for “28%”. (h) In the entry for “Di-(3,5,5-trimethyl-1, 2-dioxolanyl-3) peroxide”, substitute “52%” for “50%”, and delete “with phlegmatiser”. (i) In the entry for “Di-(3,5,5-trimethylhexanoyl) peroxide”, delete “or Di-(3,5,5-trimethylhexanoyl) peroxide in solution”.

6.  Schedule 3.

(a) In the heading to Column 1, substitute “Flammable Solid” for “Organic Peroxide”. (b) In Column 1, insert “2,5-Diethoxy-4-morpholinobenzene-diazonium zinc chloride” after the entry for “4-Benzyl (methyl)amino-3-ethoxybenzenediazonium zinc chloride”; and, in Column 2, insert “+35°C” opposite the entry inserted by this sub-paragraph.