The Carriage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Application to international carriage

4.  –

(1) Regulations 9, 10 and 14 to 23 and Part III (except in so far as it relates to competent authority functions referred to in chapter 1.8 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail and Parts 8 and 9 of ADR in relation to carriage by road) and Part IV (except regulations 34, 35 and 38) of these Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to the carriage of dangerous goods where the carriage forms part of an international transport operation–

(a) within the meaning of–

(i) COTIF and conforms in every respect with the provisions of RID; or

(ii) article 1(c) of ADR and the carriage conforms in every respect with the provisions of ADR; or

(b) which is subject to a bilateral or multilateral special agreement made under the terms of–

(i) COTIF to which the United Kingdom is a signatory and conforms in every respect with any conditions attached to the agreement concerned; or

(ii) article 4.3 of ADR to which the United Kingdom is a signatory and conforms in every respect with any conditions attached to the agreement concerned.

(2) In this regulation–

(a) “RID”means the Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail which form Annex I to Appendix B to COTIF; and

(b) “ADR”means the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road signed at Geneva on 30th September 1957, as revised or re-issued from time to time(1).

(1)

2003 edition: ISBN 92-1-139078-8. Existing corrigenda are corrigendum 1 (February 2003) and corrigendum 2 (June 2003)