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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1994/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/670",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations shall apply to and in relation to the carriage of any dangerous goods in a freight container, package, tank container, tank wagon, or wagon, except where—\n(a) the dangerous goods (other than any liquid nitrogen in the jacket of a tank container or tank wagon which is being carried exclusively for the purpose of insulating any liquid helium or liquid hydrogen) are being carried in a locomotive, freight container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon solely for use in connection with the operation of the locomotive, freight container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon concerned;\n(b) the dangerous goods being carried is fuel in the fuel tanks of motor vehicles carried on a train;\n(c) the dangerous goods being carried is commercial butane, commercial propane, or any mixture thereof, in a cylinder either—\n(i) in a vehicle designed for a purpose which includes the use of such goods and the goods concerned are being carried in connection with the operation of the vehicle concerned, or\n(ii) as part of the equipment carried on the vehicle concerned,\nprovided that the number of cylinders carried thus (including any spare cylinders) does not exceed two;\n(d) the dangerous goods being carried is petroleum spirit which is intended for use as fuel in any internal combustion engine and is not wholly or partly for sale, in a receptacle which conforms with the requirements of—\n(i) the Petroleum-spirit (Motor Vehicles, & c.) Regulations 1929, or\n(ii) regulations 3 to 7 of the Petroleum-Spirit (Plastic Containers) Regulations 1982;\n(e) the dangerous goods being carried is pesticide (other than sulphuric acid or 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 1986; and in this sub-paragraph “pesticide” has the same meaning as in section 16(15) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 and “wood preservative” means a pesticide used for preserving wood;\n(f) the dangerous goods are being carried solely for use in connection with the provision of train catering facilities; or\n(g) the carriage concerned commences and terminates within the same harbour area, factory, mine or quarry.\n(2) Regulation 17 shall not apply to the carriage of dangerous goods where—\n(a) the dangerous goods are being carried for or in connection with the carriage of those goods by sea and the goods are labelled in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code issued by the International Maritime Organization, as revised or re-issued from time to time;\n(b) the carriage concerned is part of an international transport operation within the meaning of ADR and conforms with the provisions of Annex A or Annex B (or both) to that agreement; or\n(c) the carriage concerned is part of an international 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 attached to such an agreement.\n(3) Regulations 3 to 6, 8 to 11, 13 to 17, and 21 to 23 shall not apply to the carriage of dangerous goods where—\n(a) the carriage concerned is part of an international transport operation within the meaning of COTIF and conforms in every respect with the provisions of RID; or\n(b) the carriage concerned is part of an international transport operation which is subject to any special bilateral or multilateral agreement made under the terms of COTIF to which the United Kingdom is a signatory and conforms with any conditions attached to such an agreement.\n(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a freight container, package, tank container, tank wagon or wagon shall be deemed to be engaged in the carriage of dangerous goods throughout the period commencing—\n(a) in the case who the relevant freight container, package, tank container, tank wagon or wagon has been loaded with the dangerous goods concerned before being brought to railway, from the time when the freight container, package, tank container tank wagon or wagon is brought onto the railway for the purpose of carrying thou goods; or\n(b) in the case where the relevant freight container, package, tank container, tank wagon or wagon has been brought onto the railway before the commencement of loading, from the commencement of loading the freight container, package, tank container, tank wagon or wagon with the dangerous goods concerned for the purpose of carrying them,\nuntil the time when either—\n(c) the freight container, package, tank container, tank wagon or wagon is removed from the railway; or\n(d) the freight container, package, tank container, tank wagon or wagon and, where appropriate, any compartment of the same has been emptied, cleaned, purged or decontaminated so that any of the goods or their vapours which remain therein are not sufficient to create a risk to the health or safety of any person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R.& O. 1929/952."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I.1982/630."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I.1986/1510."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1985 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Current edition: Volume I to IV 92 8011243 0; Volume V 92 8011248 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/670/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:37:41.456462+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}