SCHEDULE 6 Amendments to the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

11.  In regulation 18—

(a) in paragraph (2), before the word “container” there shall be inserted the word “large”; and

(b) for paragraph (4), there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(4) A person shall not cause or permit any food, or any fodder or feeding stuffs for animals, birds or fish, to be carried in any container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon which is—

(a) being used for the carriage of packages labelled as containing toxic goods, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES, or any of the following goods—

• UN 2212 BLUE ASBESTOS (crocidolite) or BROWN ASBESTOS (amosite or mysorite)

• UN 2315 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS

• UN 2590 WHITE ASBESTOS (chrysotile, actinolite, anthophyllite or tremolite)

• UN 3151 POLYHALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, LIQUID or POLYHALOGENATED TERPHENYLS, LIQUID

• UN 3152 POLYHALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, SOLID or POLYHALOGENATED TERPHENYLS, SOLID

• UN 3245 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS; or

(b) empty, uncleaned, having been used for the carriage of any goods or substances mentioned in sub-paragraph (a),

• unless that food, fodder or feeding stuff is effectively separated from any such substances or goods by—

  (i)

  complete partitions as high as the packages containing such goods;

  (ii)

  packages containing goods other than those goods or substances mentioned in sub-paragraph (a); or

  (iii)

  a space of at least 0·8m,

  or is otherwise adequately protected, by additional packaging or complete coverage of those goods, from the risk of contamination by those goods.

(5) The operator of any container or wagon which has been used for the carriage of packages labelled as containing toxic goods, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES or any of the following goods—

• UN 2212 BLUE ASBESTOS (crocidolite) or BROWN ASBESTOS (amosite or mysorite)

• UN 2315 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS

• UN 2590 WHITE ASBESTOS (chrysotile, actinolite, anthophyllite or tremolite)

• UN 3077 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S.

• UN 3082 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S.

• UN 3151 POLYHALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, LIQUID or POLYHALOGENATED TERPHENYLS, LIQUID

• UN 3152 POLYHALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, SOLID or POLYHALOGENATED TERPHENYLS, SOLID

• UN 3245 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS,

shall ensure that—

(a) after unloading it is checked for any residue of the load; and

(b) where those goods have leaked and been spilled in the container or wagon—

(i) all other goods and articles carried therein are examined for possible contamination,

(ii) the container or wagon concerned is not reused until after it has been thoroughly cleaned and, if necessary, decontaminated or, in the case of UN 3245 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS or INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES, disinfected, and

(iii) any wooden parts of the container or wagon which have come into contact with UN 3245 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS or INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES of risk group 3 or 4 are removed and burnt.”.