The Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations 1992

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Application of these Regulations

5. 4. Meaning of and revisions to the approved list

6. 5. Meaning of operator

7. 6. Construction of vehicles and tank containers

8. 7. Testing and examination of the carrying tanks of road tankers and tank containers

9. 8. Exceptions to regulations 6 and 7

10. 9. Keeping of documents

11. 10. Information relating to dangerous substances to be received by operators

12. 11. Limitation on the carriage of certain substances

13. 12. Information in writing to be available during carriage

14. 13. Precautions against fire or explosion

15. 14. Precautions to be taken before loading road tankers and tank containers with dangerous substances

16. 15. Prohibition against overfilling road tankers or tank containers

17. 16. Openings in tanks and valves to be securely closed before commencement of journey

18. 17. Parking and supervision of vehicles carrying dangerous substances

19. 18. Road tankers carrying dangerous substances to carry hazard warning panels

20. 19. Tank containers carrying dangerous substances to carry hazard warning panels

21. 20. Additional requirements for labelling road tankers and tank containers carrying multiloads

22. 21. Circumstances in which regulations 18 to 20 do not apply

23. 22. Prohibition on provision and display of hazard warning panels and labels and additional information

24. 23. Removal of hazard warning panels and labels

25. 24. Hazard warning panels and labels to be kept clean and free from obstruction

26. 25. Unloading of petrol at petroleum filling stations and certain other premises licensed for the keeping of petrol

27. 26. Instruction and training for drivers

28. 27. Information to be produced to police constables and goods vehicle examiners

29. 28. Exemption certificates

30. 29. Defence in proceedings for contravening these Regulations

31. 30. Revocations and modifications

32. Signature

33. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF AND SIGNS FOR DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES

       1. PART I TABLE OF CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES AND LIST OF SIGNS THEREFOR

       2. PART II SIGN—

       3. PART III SPECIFICATIONS FOR SIGNS SHOWN IN COLUMN 3 OF PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE

          1. 1. — The signs shall conform in form and colour with...

          2. 2. Each sign shall be in the form of a square...

          3. 3. Each sign shall, for any part of it which is...

          4. 4. The colours of the signs shall so far as is...

       4. PART IV SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SIGN SHOWN IN PART II OF THIS SCHEDULE

          1. 1. — The sign shall conform in form and colour with...

          2. 2. The sign shall be in the form of a square...

          3. 3. The sign shall, for that part of it which is...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       EXCEPTIONS TO THESE REGULATIONS

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       HAZARD WARNING PANELS AND LABELS

       1. 1. Form of hazard warning panels

       2. 2. Any reference in paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 7 to...

       3. 3. Information about single loads

       4. 4. Subject to regulation 4(2), the following information shall be shown...

       5. 5. Information about multi-loads

       6. 6. Specifications for hazard warning panels

       7. 7. Text permitted in space (4)

       8. 8. Form of labels

       9. 9. Any reference to a space number in paragraphs 8 and...

       10. 10. Information to be shown on labels

       11. 11. Specification for labels

       12. 12. Colour of hazard warning panels and labels

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       UNLOADING OF PETROL AT PETROLEUM FILLING STATIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER PREMISES LICENSED FOR THE KEEPING OF PETROL

       1. PART I GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

          1. 1. (1) It shall be the duty of the person licensed...

          2. 2. (1) The licensee shall, for the purpose of distinguishing one...

          3. 3. For the purpose of distinguishing one compartment of the carrying...

          4. 4. The licensee shall ensure that every dipstick, not being one...

          5. 5. Where the method of filling a storage tank is by...

          6. 6. In any case where the method of filling the tank...

          7. 7. Where, during the course of filling a storage tank, vapours...

          8. 8. (1) The licensee shall appoint a competent person over the...

       2. PART II THE PART II PROCEDURE (PROCEDURE FOR LICENSEE—CONTROLLED DELIVERIES)

          1. 9. — The competent person shall be in charge of the...

          2. 10. Before delivery into any storage tank is begun, the competent...

          3. 11. The driver of a road tanker shall not commence any...

          4. 12. The competent person shall, during the whole time of a...

          5. 13. The driver of a road tanker shall ensure that, during...

          6. 14. During the whole time of a delivery of petrol from...

          7. 15. Both the driver and the competent person shall, during the...

          8. 16. The driver of a road tanker shall ensure that petrol...

          9. 17. When the driver of a road tanker has completed a...

          10. 18. The competent person shall, following the completion of a delivery...

       3. PART III THE PART III PROCEDURE (PROCEDURE FOR DRIVER—CONTROLLED DELIVERIES)

          1. 19. (1) The licensee shall not use the Part III procedure...

          2. 20. (1) Where the licensee intends to use the Part III...

          3. 21. The licensee or the competent person shall, before the commencement...

          4. 22. Before making any delivery of petrol by the Part III...

          5. 23. A driver of a road tanker who makes a delivery...

          6. 24. The driver of a road tanker which has completed a...

          7. 25. The supplier of the petrol shall keep the copy certificate...

       4. PART IV FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR LICENSEE—CONTROLLED DELIVERIES

       5. PART A

       6. PART B

       7. PART V FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR DRIVER—CONTROLLED DELIVERIES

       8. PART B

       9. PART VI FORM OF PART III LICENCE

          1. Part III licence

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       REVOCATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS

       1. PART I REVOCATIONS

       2. PART II MODIFICATIONS

          1. 1. Part I of Schedule 1 to the Reporting of Injuries,...

          2. 2. The Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987 shall be...

          3. 3. The Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations 1989 shall...

34. Explanatory Note