The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Alternative placarding requirements to apply to certain national carriage

6.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to national carriage—

(a) in a tank;

(b) in bulk; or

(c) in relation to carriage by rail, by piggyback transport,

where that carriage is by a United Kingdom vehicle or a United Kingdom wagon.

(2) But this regulation does not apply in relation to carriage—

(a) of class 7 goods; or

(b) of any dangerous goods by a vehicle or wagon belonging to or under the responsibility of one of the armed forces.

(3) For the purposes of regulation 5, the requirements of—

(a) Part 1 of Schedule 1 in respect of carriage by road; and

(b) Part 2 of Schedule 1 in respect of carriage by rail,

are deemed to be requirements of Section 5.3.2 and any conflicting requirements in ADR and RID are to be disregarded.

(4) In this regulation—

(a) a “United Kingdom vehicle” means a vehicle registered by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 21(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(1) or a trailer being towed by such a vehicle; and

(b) a “United Kingdom wagon” means a wagon used only for carriage within the United Kingdom.

(5) In Schedule 1 “emergency action code” is a reference to the emergency action code for the dangerous goods in question as listed in the Dangerous Goods Emergency Action Code List(2), as revised or re-issued from time to time.

(1)

1994 c. 22; paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Finance Act 1997 replaced the existing section 21(1) with a new version

(2)

ISBN 9780113413263 (2009 edition)