The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Regulations 1994

Classification and ascertainment of other particulars of dangerous goods

5.—(1) A person shall not consign dangerous goods for carriage unless the classification for those goods and the particulars specified in the following paragraphs of this regulation have been ascertained in accordance with those paragraphs.

(2) In the case of goods which are named individually in the approved carriage list (subject to any special provisions relating to those goods in column 10 of the list)—

(a) the classification shall be that specified in column 2 of table 1 in the explanatory notes to the approved carriage list for the classification code specified in the corresponding entry in column 1 of that table which code is indicated in column 3 of the entry for those goods in the list; and

(b) the particulars to be ascertained are as follows—

(i) the packing group, if any, specified in column 9 of the entry for those goods in the list, and

(ii) the subsidiary hazards, if any, specified in column 2 of table 2 of the explanatory notes to the approved carriage list for the subsidiary hazard code specified in the corresponding entry in column 1 of that table, which code is indicated in column 4 of the entry for those goods in the list.

(3) In the case of all other goods—

(a) the classification shall be that specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 for the most hazardous property of the goods specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part, which property shall be determined in accordance with the appropriate approved method; and

(b) the particulars to be ascertained are as follows—

(i) the packing group, if any, shall be that specified in column 4 of Part I of Schedule 1 for the relevant property of the goods specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part, which property shall be determined in accordance with the appropriate approved method, and where there is more than one relevant property, the packing group shall be that group with the lowest number, except in the case of goods classified either as flammable solids because they are self-reactive substances or as organic peroxides, when the packing group shall be II, and

(ii) the subsidiary hazards, if any, determined in accordance with the appropriate approved method.

(4) In the case of all goods, other particulars to be ascertained are as follows—

(a) the designation comprising one of the proper shipping names of the goods specified in column 1 for the entry for those goods in the approved carriage list together with additional information determined in accordance with the explanatory notes to the list;

(b) the UN number specified in column 2 for the entry for the goods in the approved carriage list;

(c) the danger sign shown in column 6 of Part I of Schedule 1 for the classification of the goods specified in the corresponding entry in column 1 of that Part; and

(d) the subsidiary hazard sign, if any, shown in column 2 of Schedule 2 for each subsidiary hazard of the goods specified in the corresponding entry in column 1 of that Schedule.

(5) In the case of goods which are not named individually in the approved carriage list, the entry for the goods in that list for the purpose of ascertaining the particulars in paragraph (4)(a) and (b) shall be that which most fully and accurately describes those goods.