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

Particulars to be shown on packages containing dangerous goods

8.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) and regulation 9, a consignor shall not consign dangerous goods for carriage in a package unless—

(a) the package in which those goods are carried clearly shows in accordance withregulation 11 the particulars specified in paragraph (2) or permits those particulars when shown on the receptacle or on inner packagings to be clearly seen; and

(b) any conditions relating to the particulars to be shown on that package specified in the explanatory notes to the approved carriage list opposite the special provision code for the goods in question, which code is indicated in column 10 of the entry for those goods in the list, are complied with.

(2) The particulars required under paragraph (1)(a) shall be the following particulars ascertained in accordance with regulation 5 namely—

(a) the designation of the goods;

(b) the UN number (in all cases preceded by the letters “UN”);

(c) the danger sign; and

(d) the subsidiary hazard sign, if any.

(3) In the case where two or more dangerous goods having the same classification or the same subsidiary hazard are consigned in a package in separate receptacles, nothing in paragraph (2) shall prevent a single danger sign or subsidiary hazard sign, as the case may be, from being shown for all the goods concerned.

(4) In the case where dangerous goods are consigned in individual receptacles which, in accordance with regulation 6(3)(d), are not required to meet the requirements of regulation 6(1)(e), such receptacles shall not be required to show the particulars referred to in paragraph (1) and specified in paragraph (2) unless, subject to paragraph (5), they are consigned in a package containing 2 or more receptacles, in which case the package shall be required to show the particulars specified in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of paragraph (2).

(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), where dangerous goods are consigned in a package containing 2 or more receptacles to a retail outlet the package shall not be required to show the particulars specified in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of paragraph (2) provided the goods therein are intended for consumption by individuals for the purposes of personal care or household use.