The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999

17.  In Schedule 4—

(a) in paragraph 2, delete the words “and Schedule 5”;

(b) in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, for the words “Schedules 3 and 5” substitute “Schedule 3 and Part I of Schedule 5”;

(c) for sub-paragraphs (b) to (d) of paragraph 6, substitute the following sub-paragraphs—

“(b) explosives in Compatibility Group C, D, N or S and explosive articles in Compatibility Group E may be carried together or in any combination of them;

(c) explosives in Compatibility Group F may be carried with explosive articles in Compatibility Group C, D or E or explosives in Compatibility Group S;

(d) explosive articles in Compatibility Group G may be carried with explosive articles in Compatibility Group C, D or E;”;

(d) after sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph 6, insert the following sub-paragraph—

“(f) explosive articles in Compatibility Group B may be carried with explosives in Compatibility Group D, provided that—

(i) the explosive articles in Compatibility Group B are carried in a separate container or compartment to the explosives in Compatibility Group D, and

(ii) the explosives are carried in a container or compartment which conforms to a design approved for the time being in writing by the Health and Safety Executive, or, in the case of military explosives, by the Secretary of State for Defence,”;

(e) in paragraph 7(b); for the words from “explosives” to “0191” substitute “any explosives the carriage of which is not prohibited by these Regulations”;

(f) in paragraph 7(c), for the numbers “0030, 0042, 0065, 0081, 0082, 0241, 0255, 0360 or 0361” substitute “0029, 0030, 0042, 0065, 0081, 0082, 0104, 0241, 0255, 0267, 0283, 0289, 0290, 0331, 0332, 0360, 0361, 0455 or 0500”;

(g) for sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph 7, substitute the following sub-paragraph—

“(d) explosives allocated on classification the UN Number 0191, 0197, 0336, 0403, 0431 or 0453 may be carried with dangerous goods (except flammable gases, infectious substances and toxic substances) in transport category 2 or dangerous goods in transport category 3, or any combination of them, provided the total mass or volume of dangerous goods in transport category 2 does not exceed 500 and the total net mass of such explosives does not exceed 500 kilograms; and”

(h) for sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph 7, substitute the following sub-paragraph—

“(e) explosives in Compatibility Group S and Divison 1.4 may be carried with dangerous goods except—

(i) flammable solids, or

(ii) organic peroxides,

which bear the sign shown in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Regulations for the subsidiary hazard “Liable to explosion” shown in column 1 of Part I of that Schedule;”.