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

12.  In Part II of Schedule 13—

(a) for paragraph 13, there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“13.— (1) Danger signs conforming to figure 2, 3 or 4 in Part III, according to the appropriate category, shall be displayed on each freight container, tank container and tank wagon which is being used for the carriage of radioactive material, other than in the form of excepted packages.

(2) The danger signs referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall—

(a) be affixed to—

(i) each side, and at the rear and front of the freight container or tank container, or

(ii) each side of the tank wagon;

(b) be affixed in a vertical plane; and

(c) be clearly visible.”;

(b) after paragraph 13, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“13A.— (1) Danger signs conforming to figure 5 in Part III shall be displayed on each wagon which is being used for the carriage of radioactive material, other than in the form of excepted packages.

(2) The danger signs referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall—

(a) be affixed to each side of the wagon;

(b) be affixed in a vertical plane; and

(c) be clearly visible.”;

(c) in paragraph 14(5)—

(i) for the words “freight container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon” in the first place in which they occur there shall be substituted the words “freight container, tank container or tank wagon”, and

(ii) for the words “the freight container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon concerned” there shall be substituted the words “a freight container”;

(d) in paragraph 15—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “, tank wagon or wagon” there shall be substituted the words “or tank wagon”, and

(ii) for sub-paragraph (2), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(2) The danger signs referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall—

(a) be affixed to—

(i) each side, and at the rear and front of the freight container or tank container, or

(ii) each side of the tank wagon;

(b) be affixed in a vertical plane; and

(c) be clearly visible.”;

(e) in paragraph 16, for the words “paragraph 15” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 13A or 15”;

(f) in paragraph 17, for the words “, tank wagon or wagon” there shall be substituted the words “or tank wagon”; and

(g) in paragraph 18—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “paragraph 15” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 13A or 15”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)(i), for the words “paragraph 13” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 13 or 13A”, and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii), the words “and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the freight container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon” shall be omitted.