The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Keeping of documents

7.—(1) The documents referred to in paragraphs 2 to 5 shall be capable of being reproduced as a hard copy by the operator of any—

(a) tank-container or old tank wagon at the address within Northern Ireland from which the deployment of that tank-container or old tank wagon is controlled;

(b) old tank-vehicle at the premises from which the old tank-vehicle operates or at the operator’s principal place of business in Northern Ireland.

(2) Where the operator of a tank-container or old tank wagon does not own it, he shall comply with sub-paragraph (1)(a) if—

(a) certified photocopies of the documents concerned are kept at the operator’s place of business; or

(b) the documents concerned are readily available from the owner of the tank-container or old tank wagon.

(3) Where the operator of an old tank-vehicle, tank-container or old tank wagon changes, the previous operator shall, insofar as he is required to keep any document at an address in Northern Ireland in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), give any such document to the new operator.

(4) Where either of the procedures referred to in paragraph 3(5) has been used, the operator shall comply with sub-paragraph (1) in respect of the report referred to in paragraph 3(1)(c) if—

(a) the report is accessible from a computer kept by the operator at the place specified in sub-paragraph (1); and

(b) notwithstanding sub-paragraph (3), if the operator has changed and the report is accessible from the previous operator’s computer in accordance with head (a), then the previous operator shall provide the new operator with the information contained in that report.