The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations update the list of dangerous goods prohibited from being carried through the tunnels at the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing by amending regulations 5 and 6 of the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1998. In describing the articles and substances which may be carried through the tunnels, references to parts of the booklet Dangerous Traffic 14th Edition issued in 2007 are deleted and the tunnel restriction codes set out in the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, (2009 edition) are substituted.

In some circumstances the provisions laid down in the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, (2009 edition) do not apply. Those circumstances are described in paragraph 1.1.3 (exemptions) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Annex A to that Agreement.

Print copies of the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, (2009 edition) are available for purchase, including from the Stationary Office:

http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp

The European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, (2009 edition) can be downloaded without charge from the relevant pages of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe website which can be found at:

http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/adr/adr2009/09ContentsE.html

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as there is no anticipated impact on the private or voluntary sectors and costs to the public sector are estimated at less than £5 million. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website. The OPSI website address is:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk