The Carriage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Use of tanks, battery-vehicles, battery-wagons, MEGCs and UN-certified MEGCs

18.  –

(1) Any consignor consigning dangerous goods and any filler filling tanks for the carriage of dangerous goods by road or by rail in a portable tank shall ensure that–

(a) the goods are not consigned and the tank is not filled unless a portable tank instruction is indicated in column (10) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail; and

(b) the tank is used in accordance with any–

(i) general and additional provisions in chapter 4.2;

(ii) requirements referred to in the portable tank instruction indicated in column (10) of Table A of chapter 3.2; and

(iii) special provisions indicated in column (11) of Table A of chapter 3.2,

of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail which are applicable to the dangerous goods in question.

(2) Any consignor consigning dangerous goods and any filler filling a UN-certified MEGC for carriage by road or by rail shall ensure that the UN-certified MEGC is used in accordance with the requirements of section 4.2.4 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.

(3) Any consignor consigning dangerous goods and any filler filling any battery-vehicle, battery-wagon, MEGC or tank for carriage by road or by rail shall ensure that those goods are not carried in the equipment in question unless–

(a) a tank code is indicated in column (12) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail; and

(b) the equipment in question is used in accordance with–

(i) the requirements referred to in the tank code indicated in column (12) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail;

(ii) any provisions of chapters 4.3 to 4.5 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail which are applicable to the equipment and dangerous goods in question; and

(iii) any special provisions applicable to the equipment and the dangerous goods in question indicated in column (13) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail.