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Schedule 8 LIMITS ON NET EXPLOSIVE CONTENT OF EXPLOSIVES PERMITTED TO BE CARRIED IN CONTAINERS AND WAGONS AND SEPARATION DISTANCE

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Where explosives within different Divisions are carried in the same container or wagon then, for the purpose of this Schedule, all the explosives, with the exception of those in Division 1.4, shall be deemed to be within the Division amongst them whose Division number comes highest in the following list, (that is Division number 1.1 (highest), 1.5, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.6 (lowest)); except that where explosives with a Division number of 1.2 are carried together with explosives with a Division number of 1.5 they shall all be deemed to be within the Division whose Division number is 1.1.

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Type of explosive (Division number)Maximum net explosive content in tonnes in any group of adjacent containers or wagonsMinimum separation distance in metres between groups of containers or wagons
1.14080
Any combination of 1.1, 1.3, and 1.5Aggregate of 4080
1.3 and 1.5 alone or mixed12040