{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1996/schedule-7/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2089",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-rail-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Oxidizing substances (classification code 5.1)",
  "text": "(1) Containers and wagons shall be thoroughly cleaned and in particular be free of any combustible debris before they are loaded with packages containing OXIDIZING SUB STANCES.\n(2) The use of straw or any other readily combustible material for stowing packages containing OXIDIZING SUBSTANCES is prohibited.\n(3) Where flexible intermediate bulk containers are used for the carriage of any of the following goods—\nUN 1442 AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE\nUN 1450 BROMATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.\nUN 1452 CALCIUM CHLORATE\nUN 1455 CALCIUM PERCHLORATE\nUN 1458 CHLORATE AND BORATE MIXTURES\nUN 1459 CHLORATE AND MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE MIXTURE\nUN 1461 CHLORATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.\nUN 1473 MAGNESIUM BROMATE\nUN 1475 MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE\nUN 1481 PERCHLORATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.\nUN 1484 POTASSIUM BROMATE\nUN 1485 POTASSIUM CHLORATE\nUN 1489 POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE\nUN 1494 SODIUM BROMATE\nUN 1495 SODIUM CHLORATE\nUN 1502 SODIUM PERCHLORATE\nUN 1506 STRONTIUM CHLORATE\nUN 1508 STRONTIUM PERCHLORATE\nUN 1513 ZINC CHLORATE\nUN 2427 POTASSIUM CHLORATE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION\nUN 2428 SODIUM CHLORATE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION\nUN 2429 CALCIUM CHLORATE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION\nUN 2721 COPPER CHLORATE\nUN 2723 MAGNESIUM CHLORATE\nUN 3210 CHLORATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, N.O.S.\nUN 3211 PERCHLORATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, N.O.S.—\nUN 3213 BROMATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, N.O.S.\n(a) they shall be carried in\n(i) a container,\n(ii) a closed wagon,\n(iii) a moveable-roof wagon, or\n(iv) an open wagon covered with an impermeable and non-combustible sheet, and\nmeasures shall be taken to ensure that the goods cannot, in the event of a leak, come into contact with wood or any other combustible material.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2089/schedule/7/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T03:33:23.144848+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."
}