The Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Permitted mixed loads

7.  For the purpose of regulation 14(3) the following explosives and other dangerous goods may be carried together—

(a) explosives allocated on classification the UN Number 0276, 0323, 0431 or 0432 may be carried with the dangerous goods allocated on classification the UN Number 3268 or with automotive airbag inflator units allocated on classification to UN Class 2, or in any combination of them, provided the total mass or volume of dangerous goods when added together does not exceed 500;

(b) explosives allocated on classification the UN Number 0092, 0093 or 0191 may be carried with the dangerous goods allocated on classification the UN Number 3072 and 2990 and/or in any combination of them, provided the total mass or volume of dangerous goods allocated on classification the UN Number 3072 or 2990 does not exceed 500;

(c) explosives allocated on classification the UN Number 0030, 0042, 0065, 0081, 0082, 0241, 0255, 0360 or 0361 may be carried with the dangerous goods allocated on classification the UN Number 1942;

(d) explosives allocated on classification the UN Number 0191, 0197, 0336, 0403, 0431, 0432 or 0453 may be carried with dangerous goods in transport category 3, provided the total net mass of such explosives does not exceed 500 kilograms;

(e) explosive articles in Compatibility Group S and Division 1.4 may be carried with dangerous goods in transport categories 2, 3 or 4, provided the total mass or volume of dangerous goods in transport categories 2 and 3 do not exceed 200 and 500 respectively;

(f) explosives in Compatibility Group G and Division 1.4 may be carried with flammable liquids and flammable gases in transport category 2 or non-flammable, non-toxic gases in transport category 3, or in any combination of them, provided the total mass or volume of dangerous goods does not exceed 200 and the total net mass of explosives does not exceed 20 kilograms,

and in this paragraph “total mass or volume of dangerous goods” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 2(3), (4) and (5) of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(1) as if—

(g) those Regulations applied to explosives; and

(h) in relation to their application to explosives—

(i) the references in paragraphs (3)(a) and (4)(b)(ii) of those Regulations to “gross mass of any article” and “gross mass” respectively were references to “net mass of any explosive substance or article” and “net mass”, and

(ii) sub-paragraphs (b) to (f) of paragraph (3) and heads (iii) to (vi) of paragraph 4(b) of those Regulations did not apply.

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S.R. 1997 No. 248