PART 5E+W+SREQUIREMENTS IN ADDITION TO RID AND ADR

Miscellaneous security requirements for carriage of class 1 goods by railE+W+S

84.—(1) The train operator and the railway infrastructure manager shall ensure that the security of any container or wagon, which is being used for the carriage of class 1 goods by rail, is maintained whenever the train is stationary.

(2) The train operator shall ensure that the carriage of class 1 goods by rail is completed within a reasonable length of time, having regard to the distance involved.

(3) If class 1 goods have been carried on a train, the consignee shall ensure that the class 1 goods in question are removed from the railway facility to which they have been carried as soon as is practicable after their arrival there.

(4) In paragraph (3), “railway facility” has the meaning in section 83(1) of the Railways Act 1993(1).

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 84 in force at 1.7.2007, see reg. 1