The Carriage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Duration of carriage and delivery of class 1 goods by road

35.  –

(1) The carrier and the driver of a vehicle which is being used for the carriage of class 1 goods shall ensure that–

(a) the carriage is completed within a reasonable length of time having regard to the distance involved;

(b) the class 1 goods are delivered to–

(i) the consignee or his agent; or

(ii) any other person who is authorised by the consignee to accept custody of the class 1 goods for onward despatch, provided that they are delivered to either–

(aa) a safe and secure place or premises under the control of the Ministry of Defence; or

(bb) a designated parking area in an airport, a railway transhipment depot or siding, or a harbour or harbour area,

and if the consignee has compelling reasons not to accept the goods in accordance with sub-section 1.4.2.3 of ADR the consignee shall make arrangements for them to be delivered to an alternative safe and secure place; and

(c) any trailer or container containing class 1 goods is not detached from the vehicle except–

(i) in either a safe and secure place or a designated parking area in an airport, a railway transhipment depot or siding, or a harbour or harbour area; or

(ii) in an emergency.

(2) The carrier, driver and any attendant within the meaning of regulation 34(2) of a vehicle which is being used for the carriage of class 1 goods shall ensure that any class 1 goods intended to be delivered to a particular place are unloaded from the vehicle as soon as is reasonably practicable after it arrives at that place.

(3) The carrier of a vehicle used for the carriage of class 1 goods shall not remove any class 1 goods from the consignor's premises unless he is ready immediately to despatch them to the consignee or other person referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(ii).

(4) In this regulation “designated parking area”means–

(a) in relation to an airport or railway transhipment depot or siding, an area allocated by the occupier as an area for parking vehicles carrying class 1 goods; and

(b) in relation to a harbour or harbour area, a parking area designated for the purposes of regulation 33 of the Explosives in Harbour Areas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(1).

(1)

S.R. 1995 No. 87