SCHEDULE 3SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TANK CONTAINERS AND THE TANKS OF ROAD TANKERS CONSTRUCTED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1999
Keeping of documents4
1
All the documents referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be kept—
a
in the case of any road tanker, by the operator thereof either at the premises from which the tanker operates or at his principal place of business within Great Britain; and
b
in the case of any tank container, by the operator thereof at the address within Great Britain from which the deployment of the tank container is controlled.
2
It shall be sufficient compliance with sub-paragraph (1)(b) above in circumstances where the operator of the tank container is not its owner, if—
a
authenticated copies of the documents concerned are kept at the operator’s place of business; or
b
the documents concerned are readily available from the owner of the tank container.
3
Where the operator of a road tanker or tank container changes, the previous operator shall, insofar as he is required to keep any document at an address in Great Britain in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above, give any such document to the new operator.
4
Where either of the procedures referred to in paragraph 2(4) has been used, it shall be sufficient compliance with sub-paragraph (1) in respect of the report referred to in paragraph 2(1)(c) if that report is kept by the operator concerned in a computer at the appropriate place specified in sub-paragraph (1) above; and without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (3) above, if the operator changes in circumstances where the report referred to in paragraph 2(1)(c) is kept in a computer in accordance with this sub-paragraph, the previous operator shall provide the new operator with the information contained in that report in written form.