19.—(1) Any consignor consigning dangerous goods and any filler filling tanks for the carriage of dangerous goods by road or by rail in a portable tank shall ensure that—
(a)the goods are not consigned and the tank is not filled unless a portable tank instruction is indicated in column (10) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail; and
(b)the tank is used in accordance with any—
(i)general and additional provisions in chapter 4.2;
(ii)requirements referred to in the portable tank instruction indicated in column (10 ) of Table A of chapter 3.2; and
(iii)special provisons indicated in column (11) of Table A of chapter 3.2,
of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail which are applicable to the dangerous goods in question.
[F2(2) Any consignor consigning dangerous goods and any filler filling a UN MEGC for carriage by road or by rail shall ensure—
(a)that the goods are not consigned and the UN MEGC is not filled unless the letter M is indicated in column (10) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail; and
(b)the UN MEGC is used inaccordance with section 4.2.4 of ADR in relation carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail.]
(3) Any consignor consigning dangerous goods and any filler filling any battery-vehicle, battery-wagon, MEGC or tank for carriage by road or by rail shall ensure that those goods are not carried in the equipment in question unless—
(a)a tank code is indicated in column (12) of Table A of chapter 3.2; and
(b)the equipment in question is used in accordance with—
(i)the requirements referred to in the tank code indicated in column (12) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail;
(ii)any provisions of chapters 4.3 to 4.5 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail which are applicable to the equipment and dangerous goods in question; and
(iii)any special provisions applicable to the equipment and the dangerous goods in question indicated in column (13) of Table A of chapter 3.2 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 19 heading substituted (22.7.2005) by The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1732), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 9(a)