The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996

Regulation 21(6)

SCHEDULE 6 AMENDMENTS TO THE PRESSURE SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTABLE GAS CONTAINERS REGULATIONS 1989

1.  The Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations 1989 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this Schedule.

2.  In regulation 2(1)—

(a) delete the definitions of “approved design standard”, “approved design specification”, “design specification”, “design standard”, “EEC-type cylinder” and “separate Directives”;

(b) in the definition of “examination”, for the first comma substitute the word “or” and delete the words “or transportable gas container” wherever they occur;

(c) in the definition of “owner” delete the words “or transportable gas container” wherever they occur;

(d) in the definition of “pressure system” for the words “transportable gas container”, wherever they occur, substitute “transportable pressure receptacle”;

(e) in the definition of “system failure” delete the words “or transportable gas container”; and

(f) for the definition of “transportable gas container” substitute the following definition—

““transportable pressure receptacle” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 1996/2092).”.

3.  In regulation 3—

(a) in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) substitute the words “these Regulations shall apply to or in relation to pressure systems.”; and

(b) in paragraph (3), delete the words “or transportable gas container” and “container” wherever they occur.

4.  In regulation 4—

(a) in paragraph (1) delete the words “or transportable gas container” wherever they occur;

(b) in paragraph (2) delete the first two commas and the words “transportable gas container”;

(c) in paragraph (3) delete the first comma and the words “transportable gas containers”;

(d) in paragraph (5) delete the words “and transportable gas container”; and

(e) in paragraph (6) delete the words “or transportable gas container”.

5.  Regulations 16 to 22 are revoked.

6.  In paragraph (1) of regulation 24—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (a) insert the word “or”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) delete the word “or” and replace the semi-colon with a comma; and

(c) delete sub-paragraph (c).

7.  Schedules 1 and 2 are revoked insofar as they relate to transportable gas containers.

8.  In Part I of Schedule 2—

(a) for paragraph 9 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“9.   A tank to which the Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations 1996 apply.”;

(b) after paragraph 11 there shall be added the following paragraph—

“11A.   Any pressure system or transportable gas container being carried in a vehicle if the vehicle is engaged in an international transport operation within the meaning of article 1(c) of ADR, as revised or reissued from time to time, in accordance with regulation 3(1)(c)(ii) of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996”.

9.  In Part II of Schedule 2—

(a) in paragraphs 2(a) and 3(a) there shall be substituted for the words “conveyance of a dangerous substance to which the Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations 1992 applied, or would have applied but for the application of sub-paragraph (d) or (e) of Schedule 2 thereto;” the words “carriage of dangerous goods to which the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996 applied, or would have applied but for the application of any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 thereto;”;

(b) in paragraphs 2(c) there shall be substituted for the word “substance” the word “goods”;

(c) in paragraph 3(b) there shall be substituted for the words “substance to be conveyed” the words “goods to be carried”.

10.  Schedule 5 is revoked.