4.—(1) Regulations 9, 10 and 15 to 25, Part 3 (except insofar as it relates to competent authority functions referred to in chapters 1.7 and 1.8 of ADR in relation to carriage by road or of RID in relation to carriage by rail and Parts 8 and 9 of ADR in relation to carriage by road), Part 4 and Part 5 (except regulations 46, 47 and 50) of and Schedules 1 and 2 to these Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to the carriage of dangerous goods where the carriage forms part of an international transport operation—
(a)within the meaning of—
(i)COTIF and conforms in every respect with the provisions of RID; or
(ii)article 1(c) of ADR and the carriage conforms in every respect with the provisions of ADR; or
(b)which is subject to a bilateral or multilateral special agreement made under the terms of—
(i)COTIF to which the United Kingdom is a signatory and conforms in every respect with any conditions attached to the agreement concerned; or
(ii)article 4.3 of ADR to which the United Kingdom is a signatory and conforms in every respect with any conditions attached to the agreement concerned.
(2) In this regulation—
(a)“RID” means the Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail which form Annex I to Appendix B to COTIF; and
(b)“ADR” means the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road signed at Geneva on 30th September 1957, as revised or re-issued from time to time(1).
Current edition (2003): ISBN 92-1-139078-8. Existing corrigenda are corrigendum 1 (February 2003) and corrigendum 2 (June 2003).