Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

17.  In Schedule 5—

(a) paragraph 3(2) shall be omitted;

(b) in paragraph 10(1)—

(i) after the word “goods” there shall be inserted the words “in their solid form”, and

(ii) the words “Solid wastes containing either of these goods.” shall be omitted;

(c) in paragraph 12, the words “or solid wastes containing those toxic substances specified in paragraphs 10 and 11” shall be omitted;

(d) paragraphs 13 and 15 shall be omitted;

(e) for paragraph 17 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“17.   Only those corrosive goods which are listed in paragraphs 14, 16 and 17A may be carried in bulk in a vehicle.”;

(f) after paragraph 17, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“17A.   A vehicle carrying the following goods in bulk—

• UN 2794 BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH ACID

• UN 2795 BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH ALKALI

• UN 2800 BATTERIES, WET, NON-SPILLABLE

• UN 3028 BATTERIES, DRY, CONTAINING POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE SOLID

where those goods have been used, shall—

(a) have a load compartment or load compartments made of steel—

(i) exhibiting a rate of progressive reduction of 0·1mm or less per year under the effects of the corrosive substances contained in those goods, or

(ii) exhibiting a rate of progressive reduction of more than 0·1mm per year under the effects of the corrosive substances contained in those goods, provided that the load compartments have walls of a thickness sufficient to resist, or a plastic lining or layer resistant to, those substances;

(b) be designed to take account of any residual currents and impact from those goods;

(c) be constructed so as to prevent leakage of corrosive substances from its load compartments during carriage;

(d) have any open load compartments covered by a cover resistant to the corrosive substances contained in those goods;

(e) not have damaged load compartments;

(f) not be loaded above the top of the walls of its load compartments; and

(g) have outer surfaces free of the corrosive substances contained in the goods listed in this paragraph,

and in this paragraph “load compartments” means those parts of the vehicle in which goods are, or are to be, carried.”; and

(h) after paragraph 18, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“Elevated temperature substances carried in bulk

19.— (1) UN 3257 ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID N.O.S. shall be carried in a vehicle which conforms to a design approved for the time being in writing by the Executive for the carriage of such goods.

(2) UN 3258 ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SOLID N.O.S. shall be carried in a vehicle which conforms to a design approved for the time being in writing by the Executive for the carriage of such goods.”.