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6. If orange-coloured plates bearing a hazard identification number are required to be displayed pursuant to the requirement in regulation 53(4) to comply with Section 5.3.2, then the hazard identification number shall be replaced by the appropriate emergency action code for the substance in question.
7. If dangerous goods are being carried in tanks, a telephone number where specialist advice concerning the dangerous goods in question may be obtained in English at any time during carriage shall be displayed—
(a)in the immediate vicinity of each orange-coloured plate; and
(b)against an orange-coloured background in black digits of not less than 30mm in height.
8.—(1) The information required to be displayed on placards and orange-coloured plates in accordance with Section 5.3.1 and paragraph 6 and the telephone number required to be displayed pursuant to paragraph 7 may all be shown on hazard warning panels provided that the panel meets the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) for a hazard warning panel are that it shall—
(a)be displayed in accordance with paragraph 7 as if it were an orange-coloured plate; and
(b)comply with the requirements of paragraphs 5(2)(b) to (f).
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