Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations — 1.4
. ( suremballage ) packing group means a group in which dangerous goods are included based on the inherent danger of the dangerous goods; Packing Group I indicates great danger, Packing Group II indicates medium danger and Packing Group III indicates minor danger. ( groupe d’emballage ) passenger means (a) for a vessel, a passenger within the meaning of section 2 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 ; and (b) for a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or an aircraft, a person carried on board the means of transport but does not include (i) a crew member, (ii) a person who is accompanying dangerous goods or other cargo, (iii) an operator, owner or charterer of the means of transport, (iv) an employee of the operator, owner or charterer of the means of transport, who is acting in the course of employment, or (v) a person carrying out inspection or investigation duties under an Act of Parliament or of a provincial legislature. ( passager ) passenger carrying aircraft means an aircraft that is carrying one or more passengers. ( aéronef de passagers ) passenger carrying railway vehicle means a railway vehicle that is carrying one or more passengers. ( véhicule ferroviaire de passagers ) passenger carrying road vehicle means a road vehicle that is carrying one or more passengers. ( véhicule routier de passagers ) passenger carrying vessel means a vessel that is carrying one or more passengers. ( bâtiment à passagers ) permit for equivalent level of safety [Repealed, SOR/2023-155, s. 4] primary class means the first class shown in column 3 of Schedule 1. ( classe primaire ) protective direction means a direction issued under section 32 of the Act to cease an activity or to conduct other activities to reduce any danger to public safety. ( ordre ) radiation detection system means an apparatus that contains a radiation detector as a component. ( système de détection des rayonnements ) railway vehicle means any vehicle that is designed to be drawn or propelled on rails by any power other than muscle power and that is being prepared for use or being used on rails. ( véhicule ferroviaire ) residue means the dangerous goods remaining in a means of containment after its contents have been emptied to the maximum extent feasible and before the means of containment is either refilled or cleaned of dangerous goods and purged to remove any vapours. ( résidu ) road vehicle means any vehicle that is designed to be drawn or propelled on land, including on ice roads, by any power other than muscle power and includes a machine designed to derive support in the atmosphere from reactions against the earth’s surface of air expelled from the machine, but does not include a railway vehicle that operates exclusively on rails. ( véhicule routier ) ro-ro ship has the same meaning as in section 1.2.1 of the IMDG Code. ( navire roulier ) safety mark [Repealed, SOR/2023-155, s. 4] sheltered waters voyage has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations . ( voyage en eaux abritées ) shipping document means a document that relates to dangerous goods that are being offered for transport, handled or transported and that contains the information required by Part 3 relating to the goods but does not include an electronic record. ( document d’expédition ) shipping name means an entry in upper case letters (capitals) in column 2 of Schedule 1, but does not include any lower case descriptive text except for the purpose of determining the classification of dangerous goods. ( appellation réglementaire ) small means of containment means a means of containment with a capacity less than or equal to 450 L. ( petit contenant ) solid means a substance that is not a liquid or a gas. ( solide ) special provision means an item of Schedule 2 referred to in column 5 of Schedule 1. ( disposition particulière ) standardized means of containment [Repealed, SOR/2023-155, s. 4] subsidiary class means a class shown in parentheses in column 3 of Schedule 1. ( classe