Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

PART I AMENDMENTS TO THE ROAD TRAFFIC (CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES IN PACKAGES ETC.) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1992

1.  The Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 5.

Regulation 2

2.—(1) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) the definition of “the 1985 Regulations” shall be revoked:

(b) after the definition of “the 1992 Regulations” there shall be inserted—

““the 1993 Regulations” means the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 412);”;

(c) for the definition of “approved list” there shall be substituted—

““approved carriage list” means “the approved carriage list” described in Regulation 4(2) of the 1993 Regulations;”;

(d) in the definition of “dangerous substance”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words from “as dangerous” to “the approved list” there shall be substituted the words “as dangerous for carriage in Column 1 of Part 1 of the approved carriage list” and for the words from “specified in Column 1” to the end there shall be substituted the words “specified in Column I of Part I of Schedule 3 to the 1993 Regulations;”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words from “as dangerous” to “the approved list” there shall be substituted the words “as dangerous for carriage in Column 1 of Part 2 of the approved carriage list” and for the words from “specified in Column 1” to the end there shall be substituted “specified in Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 3 to the 1993 Regulations;”,

(iii) in sub-paragraph (c), for the words “regulation 6(4) of the 1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 7(5) of the 1993 Regulations”, and

(iv) in sub-paragraph (e), for the words “regulation 6(4) of the 1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 7(5) of the 1993 Regulations”;

(e) in the definition of “flammable gas”, for the words “paragraph (2) or (4) of regulation 6 of the 1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (2), (3) or (5) of regulation 7 of the 1993 Regulations”;

(f) in the definition of “flammable solid”, for the words “paragraph (2) or (4) of regulation 6 of the 1985 Regulations”, there shall be substituted “paragraph (2), (3) or (5) of regulation 7 of the 1993 Regulations”;

(g) in the definition of “flash point”, for the words “the 1985 Regulations”, there shall be substituted the words “the 1993 Regulations”:

(h) in the definition of “organic peroxide”, for the words “regulation 6(4) of the 1985 Regulations”, there shall be substituted the words “regulation 7(5) of the 1993 Regulations”; and

(i) in the definition of “toxic gas”, for the words “paragraph (2) or (4) of Regulation 6 of the 1985 Regulations”, there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (2), (3) or (5) of regulation 7 of the 1993 Regulations”.

(2) In regulation 2(3)(a)— for paragraph (i),L there shall be substituted—

“(i) in the case of a dangerous substance listed as dangerous for carriage in Column 1 of Part 1 of the approved carriage list or which falls within one of the groups of substances listed as dangerous for carriage in Column 1 of Part 2 of the approved carriage list, as a reference to the packing group (if any) which is specified in the corresponding entry in Column 4 of the Part in which it is listed or grouped as aforesaid,”;

(b) in paragraph (ii), for the words from “classified as” to “1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “classified as dangerous for carriage in accordance with regulation 7(5) of the 1993 Regulations”; and

(c) in paragraph (iii), for the words from “classified as” to “1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “classified as dangerous for carriage in accordance with regulation 7(5) of the 1993 Regulations”.

Regulation 3

3.—(1) In regulation 3(2)(j), for the words “sub-paragraphs (d) to (j) of regulation 3(1) of the 1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “sub-paragraphs (b) to (g) of regulation 3(1) of the 1993 Regulations”.

Regulation 16

4.—(1) In regulation 16(2)(b), for the words “paragraph (2) or (4) of regulation 6 of the 1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (2), (3) or (5) of regulation 7 of the 1993 Regulations”.

(2) In regulation 16(2)(c), for the words “paragraph (2) or (4) of regulation 6 of the 1985 Regulations” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (2), (3) or (5) of regulation 7 of the 1993 Regulations”.

The Schedule

5.—(1) In the heading to Part I of the Schedule, for the words “dangerous for conveyance by road in accordance with Regulation 6(4) of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985” there shall be substituted the words “dangerous for carriage in accordance with regulation 7(5) of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993”.

(2) In each entry in Column 1 of Part I of the Schedule, for the words “regulation 6(4) of the 1985 Regulations”, there shall be substituted the words “regulation 7(5) of the 1993 Regulations”.

(3) In the heading to Part II of the Schedule, for the words “regulation 6(4) of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985”, there shall be substituted the words “regulation 7(5) of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993”.

(4) In the heading of Part III of the Schedule, for the words “regulation 6(4) of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985”) there shall be substituted the words “regulation 7(5) of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993”.

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S.R. 1992 No. 261