The Road Traffic (Carriage of Explosives) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Part II Exceptions

9.  Part I shall not apply where—

(a) the explosives carried are substances in Compatibility Group G not exceeding 1 kilogram in quantity;

(b) the explosives carried are in Compatibility Group B or are unclassified explosives not exceeding (in either case) 10 kilograms in quantity;

(c) the explosives carried are—

(i) explosives of a type marked with an asterisk in Part II of Schedule 1; or

(ii) smokeless powder in Division 1.3 (being the explosive substance allocated on classification the UN Number 0161),

and the total quantity of all explosives carried in the vehicle does not exceed 100 kilograms;

(d) the explosives carried are in Division 1.4 and (except in the case of explosives in Compatibility Group S) do not exceed 500 kilograms in quantity;

(e) the explosives carried are other than those specified in the preceding provisions of this paragraph and do not exceed a total quantity of 50 kilograms;

(f) the explosives are being carried for or in connection with the carriage of those explosives by sea, if the vehicle or any freight container on the vehicle is placarded in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code issued by the International Maritime Organisation, as revised or re-issued from time to time; or

(g) the explosives are being carried for or in connection with the carriage of those explosives by air if the explosives are packaged and labelled in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air issued by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

10.  While the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded—

(a) paragraph 1(b) shall not apply,

(b) sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 4 shall not apply to the orange-coloured plate at the rear of the vehicle.