The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) Regulations 1993

Labelling of substances (including preparations) dangerous for carriage

10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4) and regulation 11, a consignor shall not consign (whether as principal or agent for another) for carriage a substance which is dangerous for carriage unless the package in which that substance is carried clearly shows in accordance with regulation 14 the particulars specified in paragraph (2) or permits those particulars when shown on the receptacle or on inner packagings to be clearly seen.

(2) The particulars required under paragraph (1) shall be—

(a) the name and the address or telephone number or both of the consignor or of some other person in the United Kingdom from whom expert advice on the dangers created by the substance may be obtained;

(b) the following particulars ascertained in accordance with Schedule 8, namely—

(i) the designation of the substance,

(ii) the substance identification number (if any), and

(iii) the hazard warning sign; and

(c) in a case where the quantity of a substance dangerous for carriage in any receptacle is more than 25 litres, the nature of the dangers to which the substance (including any subsidiary hazard that is specified in column 5 of Parts 1 to 3 of the approved carriage list for that substance) may give rise and the emergency action that should be taken, except that this information may be shown on a separate statement accompanying the package if that statement also shows the particulars required by sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)(i) above and the classification.

(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be taken as preventing—

(a) in the case of a package containing two or more dangerous substances in separate receptacles, separate labels which comply with that paragraph from being shown for each such substance in accordance with paragraph (1), or the use of the hazard warning sign for “mixed hazards” specified in column 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 3; or

(b) in the case of a gas cylinder, the information required by paragraph (2)(c) from being shown partly on the label and partly on the separate statement.

(4) Labelling under this regulation is not required—

(a) in the following cases, where the volume of the receptacle, or the total volume of all the receptacles in a package is—

(i) in the case of receptacles containing any toxic gas, 25 millilitres or less,

(ii) in the case of receptacles containing any flammable gas, 500 millilitres or less, or

(iii) in the case of receptacles containing any non-flammable compressed gas,5.5 litres or less, except that in this case, in determining the total volumeof receptacles in a package, no account shall be taken of any individual receptacle having a volume of 1.4 litres or less; or

(b) in any other case, where the total quantity of substances dangerous for carriage in the package is one litre or less.