The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009

PART 1 CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD

Hazard Identification Numbers to be replaced by Emergency Action Codes (road)

1.  When displaying the orange-coloured plates provided for by Sub-sections 5.3.2.1.2 and 5.3.2.1.4, the emergency action code for the substance in question must be displayed instead of the hazard identification number.

Display of the orange-coloured plate if one type of dangerous good is being carried (road)

2.  If one type of dangerous good is being carried —

(a) the orange-coloured plates referred to in paragraph 1 must be displayed in accordance with the provisions of Sub-sections 5.3.2.1.2 and 5.3.2.1.4 which are applicable to the goods, battery-vehicle, tank-vehicle, transport unit or container in question; and

(b) an identical orange-coloured plate must be affixed to the rear of the transport unit in place of the orange-coloured plate to be affixed to the rear of the transport unit pursuant to Sub-section 5.3.2.1.1.

Display of the orange-coloured plate if more that one type of dangerous good is being carried (road)

3.—(1) If more than one type of dangerous good is being carried in a tank or in bulk in a transport-unit or a battery-vehicle or a tank-vehicle with more than one tank, element or container—

(a) the orange-coloured plates referred to in paragraph 1, must be displayed in accordance with the provisions of Sub-sections 5.3.2.1.2 and 5.3.2.1.4 which are applicable to the goods, transport unit, battery-vehicle, tank-vehicle or container in question except that—

(i) only one on each side of the transport unit, tank, tank compartment, element of a battery-vehicle, or container in question, parallel to the longitudinal axis, is to bear the emergency action code; and

(ii) the remaining plates must bear only the UN number and must be 150mm in height; and

(b) an orange-coloured plate must be affixed to the rear of the battery-vehicle, tank-vehicle or transport unit in question which must be identical to the plates referred to in Paragraph (a), except that it is to display the emergency action code only in the top half of the plate.

(2) But if more than one type of dangerous good is being carried in a transport unit or a tank-vehicle with more than one tank and those goods are—

(a) UN 1202 DIESEL FUEL or GAS OIL or HEATING OIL, LIGHT;

(b) UN 1203 PETROL or MOTOR SPIRIT or GASOLINE; or

(c) UN 1223 KEROSENE,

then the requirements of paragraph 2 must be met, except that the orange-coloured plates need only bear the emergency action code and UN number for the most hazardous of the dangerous goods being carried.

Telephone number to be used to obtain specialist advice to be displayed (road)

4.—(1) If dangerous goods are being carried in tanks a telephone number where specialist advice concerning the dangerous goods in question can be obtained in English at any time during carriage must be displayed—

(a) at the rear of the transport unit;

(b) on both sides of—

(i) any tank;

(ii) the frame of any tank; or

(iii) the transport unit; and

(c) in the immediate vicinity of the orange-coloured plates displaying the emergency action codes,

and must be in black digits of not less than 30mm in height against an orange-coloured background.

(2) The phrase “consult local depot” or “contact local depot” may be substituted for the telephone number if—

(a) the name of the carrier is clearly identifiable from the marking on any tank or the transport unit;

(b) as regards England and Wales, the fire and rescue authority or, as regards Scotland, the chief officer of the relevant authority of each area through which the transport unit will carry the dangerous goods has been notified in writing of the address and telephone number of the relevant local depot; and

(c) each fire and rescue authority or chief officer, as referred to in Paragraph (b), has indicated, in writing, satisfaction with the arrangements.

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 panel meets 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 must be displayed in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4 as if it were an orange-coloured plate;

(b) it must be orange-coloured, except the part incorporating the placard which must be white;

(c) the placard must 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 must be adjacent in the same horizontal plane;

(e) it must conform to the figure in sub-paragraph (4); and

(f) it must 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 must be indelible and remain legible after it has been engulfed in fire for 15 minutes.

(4) The figure is—