The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009

Enforcement E+W+S

[F1 32.— (1) The enforcing authorities for these Regulations are—

(a) the Secretary of State for Defence in relation to road, rail and inland waterways but only in connection with those functions for which the Secretary of State for Defence is the GB competent authority;

(b) in so far as they apply to carriage of dangerous goods other than civil carriage of class 7 goods, the persons specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The enforcing authorities are—

(a) the Health and Safety Executive in relation to road and, subject to paragraph (3), rail,

(b) the Secretary of State for Transport in relation to road and inland waterways,

(c) the chief of police of each area in relation to road.

(3) The Health and Safety Executive is not an enforcing authority in relation to rail to the extent that [F2 the Office of Rail and Road] is an enforcing authority pursuant to regulation 3(1) of the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006.

(4) Despite paragraphs (1) to (3), the Secretary of State for Transport is the only enforcing authority in relation to the carriage of all classes of goods, except civil carriage of class 7 goods, to the extent that these Regulations require compliance with the security provisions.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 32 substituted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 28(5) (with Sch. 4)

F2 Words in reg. 32 substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 10(v)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 32 applied (4.8.2023) by The A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/834), arts. 1, 43 (with arts. 6(2), 18, Sch. 11 paras. 5, 30)