The Carriage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Construction and testing of packagings and packages

20.  –

(1) Any–

(a) person manufacturing a packaging or package which is intended to be used for the carriage of dangerous goods by road or by rail shall ensure that it is manufactured, tested and marked;

(b) person reconditioning a packaging or package which is intended to be used for the carriage of dangerous goods by road or by rail shall ensure that it is reconditioned, tested and marked;

(c) consignor consigning and packer packing dangerous goods into a packaging for carriage by road or by rail shall ensure that it has been manufactured, reconditioned, tested and marked,

in accordance with the requirements of chapters 6.1, 6.5 and 6.6 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail which are applicable to the packaging or package in question.

(2) Any manufacturer or subsequent distributor of a packaging or package which is used or intended to be used for the carriage of dangerous goods by road or by rail shall ensure that–

(a) the information referred to in sub-sections 6.1.1.5 and 6.6.1.4 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail which is applicable to the packaging or package in question is given to; and

(b) the test report referred to in sub-sections 6.1.5.9.1 and 6.6.5.4.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail which is applicable to the packaging or package in question is made available to,

the consignor and the packer before the packaging or package in question is presented for carriage.

(3) Any consignor consigning and any packer packing dangerous goods in IBCs for carriage by road or by rail shall ensure that all requirements relating to inspections are carried out as required by sub-section 6.5.1.6.4 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail.

(4) Any consignor consigning or packer packing a pressure receptacle intended to be used for the carriage of dangerous goods by road or by rail shall ensure that the pressure receptacle and its service equipment–

(a) meet the requirements of chapter 6.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail;

(b) have been inspected and tested in accordance with the requirements of sub-sections–

(i) 6.2.1.4 and 6.2.1.6; or

(ii) 6.2.5.2 to 6.2.5.6; and

(c) have been marked in accordance with sub-sections–

(i) 6.2.1.8;

(ii) 6.2.5.7; or

(iii) 6.2.5.8,

of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail which are applicable to the pressure receptacle in question.