The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

PART 2 PROHIBITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Carriage to be in accordance with ADR or RID

5.  No person shall carry dangerous goods, or cause or permit dangerous goods to be carried, where that carriage is prohibited by ADR or RID, including where that carriage does not comply with any applicable requirement of ADR or RID.

Alternative placarding requirements to apply to certain national carriage

6.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to national carriage—

(a) in a tank;

(b) in bulk; or

(c) in relation to carriage by rail, by piggyback transport,

where that carriage is by a United Kingdom vehicle or a United Kingdom wagon.

(2) But this regulation does not apply in relation to carriage—

(a) of class 7 goods; or

(b) of any dangerous goods by a vehicle or wagon belonging to or under the responsibility of one of the armed forces.

(3) For the purposes of regulation 5, the requirements of—

(a) Part 1 of Schedule 1 in respect of carriage by road; and

(b) Part 2 of Schedule 1 in respect of carriage by rail,

are deemed to be requirements of Section 5.3.2 and any conflicting requirements in ADR and RID are to be disregarded.

(4) In this regulation—

(a) a “United Kingdom vehicle” means a vehicle registered by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 21(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(1) or a trailer being towed by such a vehicle; and

(b) a “United Kingdom wagon” means a wagon used only for carriage within the United Kingdom.

(5) In Schedule 1 “emergency action code” is a reference to the emergency action code for the dangerous goods in question as listed in the Dangerous Goods Emergency Action Code List(2), as revised or re-issued from time to time.

Additional security requirement relating to access

7.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 5, the requirement set out in paragraph (2) is deemed to be a requirement of Chapter 1.10.

(2) A person involved in the carriage of dangerous goods shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that unauthorised access to those goods is prevented.

(1)

1994 c. 22; paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Finance Act 1997 replaced the existing section 21(1) with a new version

(2)

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