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The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004

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20.—(1) Any packer packing and any consignor consigning dangerous goods for carriage by road or by rail shall ensure that packages are—

(a)marked; and

(b)labelled, as indicated in column (5) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail,

in accordance with the requirements of sections 5.1.1 to 5.1.4, chapter 5.2 and sub-sections 5.5.1.1 and 5.5.1.3 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail which are applicable to the goods in question.

(2) Any consignor consigning class 7 goods for carriage by rail shall ensure that—

(a)shipments of such goods are given multilateral approval where required for the shipment in question;

(b)applications for shipment approvals comply with the requirements of sub-section 6.4.23.2 of RID in relation to carriage by rail; and

(c)all other requirements in section 5.1.5 of RID in relation to carriage by rail that are applicable to the shipment in question are complied with.

(3) Subject to regulation 55, any loader loading, consignor consigning or carrier carrying dangerous goods for carriage by road or by rail or any filler filling dangerous goods into the following equipment for such carriage shall ensure that any container, MEGC, UN-certified MEGC, tank-container, portable tank, vehicle, vehicle with demountable tank, transport unit, battery-wagon, tank wagon and wagon displays the—

(a)placards which correspond to the labels required pursuant to paragraph (1), as indicated in column (5) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail;

(b)marks, labels and plate markings; and

(c)HIN indicated in column (20) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail,

required by chapters 5.3 and 5.5 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail which are applicable to the goods in question.

(4) Any consignor consigning or carrier carrying dangerous goods for carriage by—

(a)road; or

(b)rail, subject to regulation 55(2),

shall ensure that the consignment is accompanied by the documentation required by chapters 5.4 and 5.5 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail.

(5) Any consignor consigning for carriage or carrier carrying dangerous goods by road or by rail and any consignee to whom dangerous goods are consigned by road or by rail shall ensure that the measures referred to in sub-section 5.5.1.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail are taken where applicable to the goods in question.

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