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4.—(1) The Health and Safety Commission shall approve and publish for the purposes of these Regulations documents entitled—
(a)“Information Approved for the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Goods for Carriage by Road and Rail”, hereinafter referred to as the “approved carriage list”, which shall contain—
(i)a list of dangerous goods for which the Commission has approved the following information
(aa)in column 1, the proper shipping name of the goods and other relevant information,
(bb)in column 2, the UN number,
(cc)in column 3, the code for the classification for carriage,
(dd)in column 4, the code for any subsidiary hazard,
(ee)in column 5, the emergency action code, if any,
(ff)in column 6, the hazard identification number, if any,
(gg)in column 7, whether the goods may be carried in tanks,
(hh)in column 8, whether the goods may be carried in bulk,
(ii)in column 9, the packing group, if any,
(jj)in column 10, the code for any special provision, and
(ii)explanatory notes and other material which are requisite for its use; and
(b)“Approved Methods for the Classification and Packaging of Dangerous Goods for Carriage by Road and Rail” which shall contain—
(i)the appropriate methods for ascertaining—
(aa)the hazardous properties of dangerous goods in order of degree of hazard,
(bb)the flash points of dangerous goods,
(cc)the relevant properties of dangerous goods, and
(dd)the suitability of packagings for dangerous goods, and
(ii)explanatory notes and other material which are requisite for its use.
(2) The Health and Safety Commission may approve a revision of either of the documents referred to in paragraph (1) and, when it does so, the Commission shall within 3 months of the date of that approval publish a notice specifying the revision, the date on which it was approved and the date on which it takes effect, which last-mentioned date shall be not less than 6 months after the date of the approval of the revision.
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