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5.—(1) If, before 1st June 1992, there was in existence in respect of the fixed old tank or demountable old tank of an old tank-vehicle or a tank-container a suitable written scheme drawn up in accordance with regulation 7(2)(a) of the Dangerous Substances (Conveyance by Road in Road Tankers and Tank-containers) Regulations 1981(1), that scheme shall be deemed to be a suitable written scheme in respect of that old tank or tank-container in accordance with paragraph 4(1)(a).
(2) Every fixed old tank or demountable old tank of an old tank-vehicle and every tank-container to be used for carriage by road, shall have securely fastened to it, or to any support which is welded to that fixed old tank, demountable old tank or tank-container, in a readily accessible position, a corrosion-resistant plate on which the following information is indelibly marked—
(a)the name or identifying mark of the manufacturer of the fixed old tank, demountable old tank or tank-container;
(b)the serial number of the fixed old tank, demountable old tank or tank-container by which it can be identified;
(c)the date of the most recent examination and test carried out in accordance with paragraph 4(1)(a); and
(d)in the case of a pressure vessel, the maximum working pressure to which the vessel may be subjected.
(3) But sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to any tube trailer or tube-container where the information specified in that sub-paragraph is indelibly marked on each old pressure receptacle.
(4) If compliance with sub-paragraph (2)(c) is impossible because there is no more room on a corrosion-resistant plate, the date concerned shall be indelibly marked on an additional corrosion-resistant plate which shall be—
(a)securely fastened to the relevant fixed old tank, demountable old tank or tank-container, or to any support welded to it; and
(b)in a readily accessible position,
and that additional plate shall also be marked in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) and, where appropriate, (2)(d).
(5) If a corrosion-resistant plate referred to in sub-paragraph (2) or (4) is covered by an insulating layer and that layer surrounds the fixed old tank, demountable old tank or tank-container to which the plate is fastened—
(a)a duplicate corrosion-resistant plate shall be securely fastened to the exterior of the insulating layer; and
(b)that duplicate plate shall be indelibly marked with the same information as is marked on the covered plate.
(6) If the inspection body is satisfied that the fixed tank or demountable tank of an old tank-vehicle or a tank-container is suitable for purposes other than those specified in the certificate referred to in paragraph 4(1)(b) he may endorse the certificate to that effect or issue a further certificate specifying those purposes.
S.I. 1981/1089; revoked by S.I. 1992/743.
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