The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

10.  In regulation 21 (construction and testing of packagings and packages)—

(a) in paragraph (2)(b) for the words “6.1.5.9.1” there shall be substituted “6.1.5.8.1”; and

(b) for paragraphs (7) to (9) there shall be substituted—

“(7) Any person manufacturing 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 are—

(a) designed, calculated, manufactured and equipped in accordance with—

(i) the requirements of sections 6.2.2, 6.2.3 or 6.2.5; and

(ii) the relevant provisions of 6.2.1;

(b) approved, inspected and tested and any records are kept in accordance with sub-sections—

(i) 6.2.1.4 and 6.2.1.5; or

(ii) 6.2.5.2 to 6.2.5.4 and 6.2.5.6; and

(c) marked in accordance with sub-sections—

(i) 6.2.1.7;

(ii) 6.2.1.8;

(iii) 6.2.5.8; or

(iv) 6.2.5.9,

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

(8) 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 ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail referred to in paragraph (7);

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

(i) 6.2.2 or 6.2.5.5 and 6.2.3;

(ii) 6.2.1.4 and 6.2.1.6; or

(iii) 6.2.5.2 to 6.2.5.6; and

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

(i) 6.2.1.7;

(ii) 6.2.1.8;

(iii) 6.2.5.8; or

(iv) 6.2.5.9,

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.

(9) Any body testing a UN pressure receptacle intended to be used for the carriage of dangerous goods by road or by rail shall ensure that the periodic inspection complies with the requirements of sub-section 6.2.5.7 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail.

(10) Any person manufacturing an aerosol dispenser or gas cartridge intended to be used for the carriage of dangerous goods by road or by rail, consignor consigning or packer packing such a receptacle for the carriage of dangerous goods by road or by rail shall ensure that the gas cartridge or aerosol dispenser is manufactured, tested and marked in accordance with section 6.2.4 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail.”.