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Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 No. 260 xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
for the purposes of all regulations except regulation 7(6) to (9) insofar as those paragraphs apply to the currying tanks of road tankers and to tank containers which (in either case) are not pressure vessels
for the purposes of regulation 7(6) to (9) insofar as those paragraphs apply to the currying tanks of road tankers and to tank containers which (in either case) are not pressure vessels
The Department of Agriculture, the Department of Economic Deveopment, the Department of the Environment and the Department of Health and Social Services, acting jointly as the Department concerned(1) in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), 40(2), (3) and (4) and 55(2) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2), (3) and (4), 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 13 14(1) and 15 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(2) and of every other power enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with Article 46(1) of that Order with the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland and such other bodies as appeared to them to be appropriate, hereby make the following Regulations:—
“ADR” means the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road signed at Geneva on 30th September 1957(3), as revised or re-issued from time to time;
“flash point” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(4);
“the Health and Safety Commission” means the Health and Safety Commission established under section 10 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(5);
“inspector of vehicles” means a person appointed by the Department of the Environment as an inspector of vehicles for the purposes of any provision of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(6);
“petrol” means petroleum-spirit (within the meaning given to that phrase by section 23 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929(7)) intended to be used as fuel for motor vehicles, motor vessels or aircraft;
“RID” means the Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail which are specified in Annex I to the Uniform Rules concerning the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail (“CM”), which Rules form Appendix B to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail(8), as revised or re-issued from time to time (“COTIF”);
“semi-trailer” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989(9);
(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, a vehicle shall be deemed to be registered in the United Kingdom where the relevant motor vehicle is registered under the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971(10) or any enactment replaced thereby.
(a)any person who holds a road freight vehicle licence under section 17 of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(11) for the use of that vehicle on a road to carry goods for reward other than a person described in sub-section (1)(b) or (c) of that section; or
(2) Where, before 6th July 1992, there was in existence in respect of the carrying tank of a road tanker or a tank container and any fittings attached thereto a suitable written scheme drawn up in accordance with regulation 7(2)(a) of the Dangerous Substances (Conveyance by Road in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(12), that written scheme shall be deemed to be a suitable written scheme in existence in respect of that carrying tank or tank container and those fittings drawn up in accordance with paragraph (1)(a).
(4) Regulations 18 to 20 shall not apply to the carriage of a dangerous substance in a road tanker or a tank container which is in the service of home forces (as defined by regulation 3(1) of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1969(13) (“the 1969 Regulations”)) or of a visiting force (having the same meaning in this paragraph as it does for the purposes of any provision of Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952(14)) insofar as the relevant road tanker or other vehicle carrying the tank container concerned is being used in connection with training—
(4) In this regulation, “break-down vehicle” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Goods Vehicles (Certification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990(15).
30.—(1) Sections 5 and 18 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929(16) shall cease to have effect insofar as they relate to the carriage of petroleum mixtures and liquid methane in a road tanker or tank container.
Regulations 2(1) and 21(2)(b) and paragraphs 3(c), 4(c), 5(1)(c) and 10(a) and (b) of Schedule 3
SCHEDULE 1CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF AND SIGNS FOR DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES
PART ITABLE OF CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES AND Classifications OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES AND LIST OF SIGNS THEREFOR
Sign to be displayed at rear of vehicle or in hazard warning panel or label
is carried at a pressure of more than 500 millibar above atmospheric pressure or in liquefied form;
Non-flammable compressed gas.
A substance which has a critical temperature below 50°C or which at 50°C has a vapour pressure of more than 3 bar absolute and which is toxic. Toxic gas.
A substance which has a critical temperature below 50°C or which at 50°C has a vapour pressure of more than 3 bar absolute and which is flammable. Flammable gas.
A liquid with a flash point of 55°C or below except—
a liquid which—
has a flash point equal to or more than 21°C and less than or equal to WC, and
when tested at 55°C in the manner specified in Schedule 2 to the Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gases Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975(a) does not support combustion; or
a viscous preparation which complies with the conditions specified in Part 111 of Schedule 2 to the Classification. Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(b)
A solid which is readily combustible under conditions encountered in carriage or which may cause or contribute to fire through friction. Flammable solid.
A substance which is liable to spontaneous heating under conditions encountered in carriage or heating in contact with air being then liable to catch fire. Spontaneously combustible substance.
A substance which in contact with water is liable to become spontaneously combustible or to give off a flammable gas. Substance which in contact with water emits flammable gas.
A substance, other than an organic peroxide, which, although not itself necessarily combustible, may by yielding oxygen or by a similar process cause or contribute to the combustion of other material. Oxidising substance.
A substance known to be so toxic to man as to afford a hazard to health during carriage or which, in the absence of adequate data on human toxicity, is presumed to be toxic to man. Toxic substance.
A substance known to be toxic to man or, in the absence of adequate data on human toxicity, is presumed to be toxic to man but which is unlikely to afford a serious acute hazard to health during carriage. Harmful substance.
A substance which although not having any of the characteristic properties set out above may nevertheless create a risk to the health or safety of any person in the conditions encountered in carriage by reason—
of its chemical properties and its presence in Part 1A of the approved list;
that it is carried at a temperature of above 100°C; or
that it is carried at a temperature above its flash point.
Other dangerous substance.
(a)TO BE SHOWN ON A HAZARD WARNING PANEL WHERE A MULTI-LOAD CONSISTING OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES BEARING DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS IS BEING CARRIED; OR
(b)WHICH MAY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES BE SHOWN—
(i)ON A HAZARD WARNING PANEL WHEN—
(aa)A MULTI-LOAD CONSISTING OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES BEARING THE SAME CLASSIFICATION IS BEING CARRIED, OR
(bb)CERTAIN SINGLE LOADS ARE BEING CARRIED, OR
(ii)ON A LABEL WHEN CERTAIN DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ARE BEING CARRIED AS PART OF A MULTI-LOAD.
PART IIISPECIFICATIONS FOR SIGNS SHOWN IN COLUMN 3 OF PART 1
1. The signs shall conform in form and colour with those shown in Column 3 of Part I, except that—
(a)in the case of the signs adjoining the classifications “non-flammable compressed gas”, “flammable gas” and “flammable liquid” the symbol and the lettering may be in white;
(b)in the case of the sign adjoining the classification “spontaneously combustible substance” the lettering may be in white;
(c)in place of the word “toxic” wherever it occurs the word “poison” may be
(d)in place of the word “flammable” wherever it occurs the word “inflammable” may be used;
(e)in the case of the sign adjoining the classification “harmful substance”, the word “harmful” may be shown in black lettering under the symbol; and
(f)the sign may show the class number in accordance with the IMDG Code.
2. Each sign shall be in the form of a square set with its sides at an angle of 45° to the vertical and the length of the sides shall—
(a)in the case of a sign required to be displayed at the rear of a vehicle or shown on a hazard warning panel, be not less than 200 millimetres; or
(b)in the case of a sign shown on a label, be not less than 9.5 millimetres.
3. Each sign shall, for any part of it which is not black, have a black border, and that border shall—
(a)in the case of a sign required to be displayed at the rear of a vehicle or shown on a hazard warning panel, be at least 2 millimetres wide;
(b)in the case of a sign shown on a label, be at least 1 millimetre wide; or
(c)in either case, be a line which would comply with paragraph 3 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(17) as read in conjunction with Column 3 of Part I of that Schedule.
SCHEDULE 2EXCEPTIONS TO THESE REGULATIONS
These Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to the carriage of a dangerous substance in a road tanker or a tank container carried on a vehicle—
(a)where the dangerous substance is used solely in connection with the operation of the vehicle;
(b)where (in the case of carriage in a tank container) the dangerous substance, other than any liquid nitrogen in the jacket of the tank container which is being carried exclusively for the purpose of insulating any liquid helium or liquid hydrogen which is also being carried in that tank container, is being used solely in connection with the operation of the tank container concerned;
(c)where the dangerous substance is a radioactive substance within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985(18);
(d)(other than in relation to regulations 12 and 26) where—
(i)the vehicle carrying the dangerous substance is engaged in an international transport operation within the meaning of COTIF, and
(ii)such carriage conforms in every respect with the provisions of RID;
(i)the vehicle carrying the dangerous substance is engaged in international transport within the meaning of Article l(c) of ADR, and
(ii)such carriage conforms in every respect with the provisions of ADR;
(f)where the carriage is a transport operation which is subject to any special bilateral or multilateral agreement made under the terms of article 4.3 of ADR to which the United Kingdom is a signatory and conforms with any conditions to such an agreement;
(g)where the vehicle carrying the dangerous substance is not, for the time being, subject to the provisions of ADR by reason only that it is a vehicle belonging to or under the orders of the armed forces of a Contracting Party;
(h)where the vehicle is only used on a road in passing from one part of private premises to another part of those premises situated in the immediate vicinity of that first part;
(i)where the vehicle carrying the dangerous substance is a road construction vehicle engaged in the repair or construction of a road; and in this sub-paragraph—
(i)the reference to a road construction vehicle does not include a reference to such a vehicle which is also a road tanker being used for the carriage of liquid tar (including road asphalt and oils, bitumen and cutbacks) which has the substance identification number 1999 or 7033,
(ii)“built-in road construction machinery” means road construction machinery built-in as part of a road construction vehicle or permanently attached to it,
(iii)“road construction machinery” means a machine or contrivance suitable for use in the repair and construction of roads, and
(iv)“road construction vehicle” means a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage of built-in road construction machinery and not constructed or adapted for the carriage of any other load except articles and material used for the purposes of that machinery;
(j)where any petroleum fuel is being carried in a volumetric prover and that volumetric prover—
(i)is not moved, driven or kept on a road other than when it is nominally empty within the meaning of regulation 17(2),
(ii)before having been taken on to a road was last filled with kerosene or some other liquid with a flash point not lower than 32°C or was purged with nitrogen, and
(iii)during its carriage has every valve (except those valves which need to be kept open to allow for liquid expansion on volumetric provers used for the measurement of liquefied petroleum gas) and opening closed;
(k)where a vehicle (including a hydrant dispenser) which has been designed for the purpose of servicing aircraft is carrying aircraft fuel for that purpose—
(i)on an aerodrome within the meaning of article 96(1) of the Air Navigation Order 1985(19), or
(ii)outside such an aerodrome if it is in the course of travelling from one part of the aerodrome to another part,
except that regulations 13, 18, 20, 2 1, 23 and 24 shall nevertheless continue to apply to any such vehicle in such circumstances; and, in this sub-paragraph, “hydrant dispenser” means a vehicle used for delivery of fuel from any hydrant situated at an aircraft loading position to the aircraft and to which there may be structurally attached metering equipment, filters, pipework, hoses and a pump; or
(l)where the dangerous substance is a pesticide (other than dilute sulphuric acid or a wood preservative) and is diluted ready for use or is otherwise in a condition ready for use and in relation to which there has been given an approval under regulation 5, and a consent under regulation 6, of the Control of Pesticides Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(20); and in this sub-paragraph “pesticide” has the same meaning as in section 16(15) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(21) and “wood preservative” means a pesticide used for preserving wood.
Regulations 2(1). 18 to 21
SCHEDULE 3HAZARD WARNING PANELS AND LABELS
Form of hazard warning panels
2. Any reference in paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 7 to a space number is a reference to the space so numbered in the diagram in paragraph 1.
4. Subject to regulation 4(2), the following information shall be shown on each hazard warning panel where the road tanker or tank container is being used to carry a single load and the dangerous substance carried is not listed in Column 1 of Part I (If the approved list—
(a)in space (1), no information:
(i)an internationally-recognised chemical name for the substance, its accepted common name or its trade name, and
(ii)(where the classification of the substance is “other dangerous substance”) the words “hot liquid” where the substance is being carried at a temperature in excess of 100°C and the words “above FP” where the substance is being carried at a temperature in excess of its flash point;
(c)in space (3), the sign shown in Column 3 of Part I of Schedule I which adjoins the classification of the substance (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part III of Schedule 1); except that, until 6th July 1993, in the case of a dangerous substance whose classification is “other dangerous substance”, the hazard warning sign shown in Part 11 of Schedule 1 may be used (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part IV of Schedule 1);
Information about multi-loads
5.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the following information shall be shown on each hazard warning panel where the road tanker or tank container is being used to carry a multi-load—
(i)if the emergency action codes of all the dangerous substances being carried are specified in Part 1 of the approved list, the multi-load emergency action code ascertained in accordance with Part IIB of that list, or
(ii)if the emergency action codes of the dangerous substances being carried are not all specified in Part I of the approved list, no information;
(b)in space (2), the words “multi-load”;
(c)in space (3)—
(i)(where all the dangerous substances being carried bear the same classification) the sign shown in Column 3 of Part I of Schedule I which adjoins the description of the classification concerned which is set out in Column 2 of that Part (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part II of Schedule 1); except that where all the dangerous substances being carried bear the classification “other dangerous substance” the sign shown in Part II of Schedule 1 may be used (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part IV of Schedule l), or
(ii)(where not all the dangerous substances being carried bear the same classification) the sign shown in Part II of Schedule 1 (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part IV of Schedule 1):
(d)in space (4), the telephone number or the text specified in paragraph 7, in either case indicating where specialist advice can be obtained at all times when the substances are being carried; and
(e)in space (5) (if desired), where there is a single manufacturer or owner of a multi-load, his name or his house symbol, or both; otherwise the space shall be left blank.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply to a multi-load treated as a single load in accordance with the note to Part I of the approved list if the hazard warning panels required to be displayed by these Regulations on the road tanker or tank container in which the multi-load is carried are marked with the emergency action code, classification and appropriate substance identification number specified in that note.
Specifications for hazard warning panels
6.—(1) The specifications for hazard warning panels shall be those set out in the diagrams below with dimensions in millimetres; larger measurements may be used, but in that case they shall be kept in the same proportions to each other except that the lettering and figures may remain as shown in the diagram, or be of intermediate size.
For multi-loads—
(2) Where in Column 3 of Part I of the approved list a letter is shown as a white letter on black background it shall be displayed as an orange letter on a black rectangle having a height and width of 10mm greater than the height and width of the letter respectively.
8. In the case of a road tanker or tank container used to carry a multi-load, the label to be attached to each tank or compartment in accordance with regulation 20 shall be in the form and colour of the following diagram, except that, where all the dangerous substances being carried bear the same classification, space (2) may be omitted.
9. Any reference to a space number in paragraphs 8 and 10 is a reference to the space so numbered in the diagram in paragraph 8.
10. The following information shall be shown on each label—
(a)if the substance is listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list—
(i)in space (1), the substance identification number for that substance and (if desired) the name of the substance given in the said Column 1 or its trade name, and
(ii)in space (2), the sign shown in Column 3 of Part I of Schedule 1 which adjoins such description set out in Column 2 of that Part as corresponds with the classification of the substance (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part Ill of Schedule 1); except that, until 1st January 1993, in the case of a dangerous substance whose classification is “other dangerous substance”, the sign shown in Part II of Schedule 1 may be used (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part IV of Schedule 1);
(b)if the substance is not listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list—
(i)in space (1), an internationally-recognised chemical name for it, its accepted common name or its trade name; and the words “hot liquid” where the substance is being carried at a temperature in excess of 100°C, and the words “above FP” where the substance is being carried above its flash point, and
(ii)in space (2), the sign shown in Column 3 of Part I of Schedule 1 which adjoins the classification of the substance (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part Ill of Schedule 1); except that, until 1st January 1993, in the case of a dangerous substance whose classification is “other dangerous substance”, the sign shown in Part II of Schedule 1 may be used (the sign to comply with the specifications contained in Part IV of Schedule 1); and
(c)where all the substances being carried bear the same classification, space (2) (if included in the label) may be left blank.
Colour of hazard warning panel and labels
12. Where in this Schedule parts of hazard warning panels and labels are shown as coloured orange that colour shall so far as is practicable match the colour No. 557 Light Orange identified in Table 1 to the British Standard BS381C:1988.
(6) In sub-paragraph (5), the reference to “3 working days” is a reference to a period of 72 hours calculated from the time the relevant notice was given in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), but disregarding so much of any such period as falls on a Saturday or Sunday, or on Christmas Day or Good Friday, or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(22).
(3) In the event of the transfer of a petroleum-spirit licence in accordance with section l(1) of the Petroleum (Transfer of Licences) Act (Northern Ireland) 1937(23), the petroleum licensing authority may, by simultaneously endorsing it, transfer any Part III licence previously granted by it to the transferor to the transferee (“the subsequent licensee”); and when such a transfer takes place the subsequent licensee shall be deemed to have received a Part III licence pursuant to sub-paragraph (1)(u) on the date the transfer was effected as aforesaid.
SCHEDULE 5REVOCATION AND MODIFICATIONS
PART IREVOCATION
Dangerous Substances (Conveyance by Road in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 S.R. 1988 No. 24 The whole Regulations
1. Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986(24) shall be modified as follows:
2. The Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991(25) shall be modified as follows:
3. The Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991(26) shall be modified as follows:
These Regulations revoke and replace the Dangerous Substances (Conveyance by Road in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 (S.R. 1988 No. 24).
Regulation 3(1) provides that the Regulations apply to and in relation to the carriage of any dangerous substance, either in a road tanker or in a tank container carried on a vehicle, except where specified in Schedule 2.
The phrases “dangerous substance”, “road tanker” and “tank container”, are, together with other words and phrases used in the Regulations, defined in regulation 2(1); and regulation 3(2) (together with regulation 2(2)) specifies when a road tanker or tank container carried on a vehicle will be considered to be engaged in the carriage of a dangerous substance to which the Regulations apply. Regulation 2(2) also provides that a combination of a motor vehicle and one or more trailers will, for the purposes of the Regulations, be treated as a single vehicle for as long as the constituent parts of that combination remain attached and that dangerous substances contained in different parts of such a vehicle will be considered to be contained in the same vehicle.
Regulation 4 describes the contents of the document defined by regulation 2(1) as “the approved list” and enables the Department of Economic Development to approve revisions of that list.
By virtue of sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “dangerous substance” in regulation 2(1), a substance will be a dangerous substance where it is listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list and it possesses certain characteristic properties, other than when it is carried at such dilution that no risk to the health or safety of any person is created by that carriage.
The approved list also contains information about the dangerous substances listed therein which, in accordance with regulations 18 to 21 and Schedule 3—
(a)must be displayed on hazard warning panels and weather-resistant labels when those substances are carried; and
(b)is relevant in determining which of the signs shown in Parts I and II of Schedule 1 must be shown on those panels or labels in such circumstances.
The contents of the approved list are also relevant to the requirements of regulation 11.
By virtue of sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “dangerous substance” in regulation 2(1), a substance will be a dangerous substance where, even though it is not listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list, it has one or more of the characteristic properties listed in Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 and it creates a risk to the health or safety of any person in the course of its carriage which is comparable with a risk created by the carriage of any substance which is listed in Column 1 of Part 1 of the approved list.
The bulk of the requirements and prohibitions imposed by the Regulations are expressed in terms of the operator of a road tanker, the operator of a tank container or the operator of a vehicle carrying a tank container. Regulation 5 defines what is meant by such persons.
Regulation 6 prohibits the operator of a road tanker and the operator of a tank container from using the relevant road tanker or tank container for the carriage of a dangerous substance unless the requirements of that regulation (which relate to the design, construction and maintenance of road tankers and tank containers) have been complied with as respects that road tanker or tank container.
Regulation 7 prohibits the operator of a road tanker and the operator of a tank container from carrying a dangerous substance in the carrying tank of the relevant road tanker or in the relevant tank container unless the requirements of that regulation (which relate to such matters as the testing and examination of the carrying tanks of road tankers and of tank containers) have been complied with as respects that carrying tank or tank container.
Regulation 8 sets out the circumstances in which regulations 6 and 7 do not apply.
Regulation 9 imposes duties on the operator of a road tanker and the operator of a tank container with respect to the keeping of the documents engendered in compliance with regulations 6 and 7.
Regulation 10 imposes duties on the consignor of a dangerous substance, and duties and a prohibition on each operator who is to carry it, with respect to the provision, possession and storage of information about the dangerous substance concerned.
Regulation 11 imposes duties (by reference to the contents of the approved list) on the operator of a road tanker with respect to the carriage in the road tanker of the dangerous substances specified in that regulation, and the operator of a vehicle carrying a tank container and the operator of the tank container with respect to the carriage in that tank container of the dangerous substances so specified.
Regulation 12 imposes duties on the operator of a road tanker carrying a dangerous substance and the operator of any other vehicle carrying a dangerous substance in a tank container with respect to the provision of information about the dangerous substance concerned to the driver of the vehicle. Duties are also imposed on the driver with respect to that information.
Regulation 13 imposes duties on the operator of a road tanker carrying a dangerous substance and the operator of any other vehicle carrying a dangerous substance in a tank container with respect to the provision of fire-fighting equipment as regards the vehicle concerned. Duties are also imposed on the driver of such a vehicle and other persons with respect to fire and explosion prevention.
Regulation 14 imposes duties on the operator of a road tanker and the operator of a tank container with respect to the loading of any dangerous substance into that vehicle or container.
Regulation 15 imposes duties on the operator of a road tanker and the operator of a tank container with respect to the filling of tanks o r compartments in the road tanker or tank container with any dangerous substance.
Regulation 16 imposes duties on the driver of a road tanker carrying a dangerous substance and the driver of a vehicle carrying a dangerous substance in a tank container with respect to the closing of openings, valves and caps in or fitted to the carrying tank of that road tanker or to that tank container.
Regulation 17 imposes duties on the driver of a road tanker carrying a dangerous substance and the driver of any other vehicle carrying a dangerous substance in a tank container with respect to the parking of the vehicle concerned when it is not being driven.
Regulation 18 imposes duties on the operator and driver of a road tanker which is being used for the carriage of a dangerous substance with respect to the provision and display of hazard warning panels as regards that vehicle.
Regulation 19 imposes duties on the operator of a tank container which is being used for the carriage of a dangerous substance, the operator of the vehicle carrying that tank container and the driver of that vehicle with respect to the provision and display of hazard warning panels as regards that tank container.
Regulation 20 imposes duties on the operator of a road tanker carrying a multi-load and the driver of that vehicle with respect to the provision and display of weather-resistant labels as regards the said vehicle. Duties are also imposed on the operator of a tank container carrying a multi-load, the operator of the vehicle carrying that tank container and the driver of that vehicle with respect to the provision and display of weather-resistant labels as regards that tank container.
Regulation 21 specifies the circumstances in which regulations 18 to 20 do not apply.
Regulation 22 imposes duties on the operator and driver of a road tanker with respect to the display of hazard warning panels and weather-resistant labels on that vehicle when no dangerous substance is being carried, and the display of additional information on the vehicle. Duties are also imposed on the operator and driver of a vehicle carrying a tank container with respect to the display of hazard warning panels and weather-resistant labels on that tank container when no dangerous substance is being carried, and the display of additional information on the tank container.
Regulation 23 imposes duties on the operator and driver of a road tanker which has been emptied of dangerous substances and the operator and driver of any other vehicle carrying a tank container which has been emptied of dangerous substances with respect to the removal. etc., of hazard warning panels and weather-resistant labels from that road tanker or tank container.
Regulation 24 imposes duties on the operator and driver of a road tanker carrying a dangerous substance and the operator and driver of a vehicle carrying a dangerous substance in a tank container with respect to the visibility of hazard warning panels and weather-resistant labels.
Regulation 25 and Schedule 4 have effect to regulate the unloading of petrol from a road tanker at any petroleum filling station and certain other premises for which a petroleum-spirit licence issued under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929 is in operation.
Regulation 26 imposes duties on the operator of a road tanker carrying a dangerous substance and the operator of a vehicle carrying a dangerous substance in a tank container with respect to the provision of instruction and training to the driver of the vehicle concerned.
Regulation 27 imposes duties on the driver of a road tanker carrying a dangerous substance and the driver of a vehicle carrying a dangerous substance in a tank container with respect to the production to police constables and inspectors of vehicles of information relevant to the dangerous substance being carried.
Regulation 28 enables the Department of Economic Development to grant exemptions from these Regulations.
Regulation 29 provides a defence in proceedings for an offence under these Regulations where the defendant can prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.
Regulation 30 repeals sections 5 and 18 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929 insofar as those sections relate to the carriage of petroleum mixtures and liquid methane in a road tanker or tank container, revokes the Regulations specified in Part I of Schedule 5 and modifies the Regulations specified in Part II of that Schedule.
A person who contravenes the Regulations is guilty of an offence under Article 3 1 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 22,000, or on conviction on indictment—
(a)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both in the case of an offence consisting of contravening the Regulations by doing otherwise than under the authority of a licence something for the doing of which a licence is necessary;
(b)to a fine if the offence is not one to which (a) above applies.
The approved list, the current edition of the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (“ADR”) [ISBN 0 11 550901 1] and the current edition of the Regulations concerning the international Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (“RID”) [ISBN 0 11 550814 7] may be obtained from Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GD; the current edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (“IMDG”) [Volumes I to IV ISBN 92 801 1055 1, Volume V ISBN 92 801 1125 6] may be obtained from the International Maritime Organisation, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE 1 7SR; and British Standard BS 5423: 1987 and British Standard BS 381 C: 1988 may be obtained (by personal callers) from the British Standards Institution, 2 Park Street, London W1A 2BS or (by post) from the British Standards Institution. Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LE.
S.R. 1988 No. 24 (revoked by these Regulations)
S.R. 1990 No. 224, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations
1929 c. 13(N.I.); sections 5 and 18 were applied by S.R.&O. (N.I.) 1930 No.21 (p.325) and S.R. &O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 528 to petroleum mixtures and liquid methane respectively
S.R. 1985 No. 81; Part II of Schedule 2 was amended by S.R. 1989 No. 182
S.I. 1985/1643, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations