The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations 1996

Containers and wagons carrying dangerous goods in packages

5.—(1) Where dangerous goods are being carried in packages in a container or wagon and those dangerous goods are such that a danger sign or a subsidiary hazard sign is required by the CDGCPL Regulations or, in the case of explosives, the CER Regulations, to be displayed on packages containing those goods, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the same signs shall also be affixed or displayed to the outside of the container or wagon concerned as follows—

(a) the danger sign on each side of the container or wagon; and

(b) the subsidiary hazard sign, if any, adjacent to and on the same horizontal plane as each danger sign.

(2) Where explosives with different Compatibility Groups are being carried in the same container or wagon the Compatibility Group Letters for those Groups shall not be shown on the danger sign required to be affixed on the container or wagon concerned.

(3) Where explosives with different Division numbers are being carried in the same container or wagon the Division number amongst them which comes highest in the following list, (that is 1.1 (highest), 1.5, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6 and 1.4 (lowest)), shall be shown on the danger sign required to be affixed on the container or wagon concerned, except that where explosives with a Division number of 1.2 are carried together with explosives with a Division number of 1.5 the Division number of 1.1 shall be shown on the danger sign.