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

PART III SPECIFICATIONS FOR SIGNS SHOWN IN COLUMN 3 OF PART 1

1.  The signs shall conform in form and colour with those shown in Column 3 of Part I, except that—

(a) in the case of the signs adjoining the classifications “non-flammable compressed gas”, “flammable gas” and “flammable liquid” the symbol and the lettering may be in white;

(b) in the case of the sign adjoining the classification “spontaneously combustible substance” the lettering may be in white;

(c) in place of the word “toxic” wherever it occurs the word “poison” may be

(d) in place of the word “flammable” wherever it occurs the word “inflammable” may be used;

(e) in the case of the sign adjoining the classification “harmful substance”, the word “harmful” may be shown in black lettering under the symbol; and

(f) the sign may show the class number in accordance with the IMDG Code.

2.  Each sign shall be in the form of a square set with its sides at an angle of 45° to the vertical and the length of the sides shall—

(a) in the case of a sign required to be displayed at the rear of a vehicle or shown on a hazard warning panel, be not less than 200 millimetres; or

(b) in the case of a sign shown on a label, be not less than 9.5 millimetres.

3.  Each sign shall, for any part of it which is not black, have a black border, and that border shall—

(a) in the case of a sign required to be displayed at the rear of a vehicle or shown on a hazard warning panel, be at least 2 millimetres wide;

(b) in the case of a sign shown on a label, be at least 1 millimetre wide; or

(c) in either case, be a line which would comply with paragraph 3 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(1) as read in conjunction with Column 3 of Part I of that Schedule.

4.  The colours of the signs shall so far as is practicable match the following colours identified in Table 1 to the British Standard BS 381C: 1988—

No. 537	Signal Red (where the colour shown in Column 3 is red)
No. 355	Lemon (where the colour shown thus is yellow)
No. 228	Emerald Green (where the colour shown thus is green)
No. 166	French Blue (where the colour shown thus is blue)

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S.R. 1985 No. 81; Part II of Schedule 2 was amended by S.R. 1989 No. 182