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The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations 1996

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Meaning of the Approved Carriage List and other approved documents

3.—(1) The Health and Safety Commission shall approve and publish for the purposes of these Regulations the following documents, in these Regulations referred to as the “approved documents”, entitled—

(a)“Approved Carriage List”, which shall contain the information specified in regulation 4(1)(a) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

(b)“Approved Tank Requirements”, which shall contain—

(i)the requirements for the design and construction of tanks for the carriage of dangerous goods, other than explosives and radioactive material,

(ii)the requirements for the filling of such tanks,

(iii)the requirements for the examination, testing and certification of such tanks; and

(iv)explanatory notes and other material requisite for the use of the document.

(2) The Health and Safety Commission may approve a revision of either of the approved documents referred to in paragraph (1) and, when it does so, the Commission shall within 3 months of the date of that approval publish in such manner as it considers appropriate 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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