{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-road-regulations-1996/schedule-10/paragraph-23",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2095",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-by-road-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "Where any orange-coloured panel, danger sign, subsidiary hazard sign or hazard warning panel is displayed—\n(a) at the front or at the rear of the vehicle, it shall be positioned at right angles across the width of the vehicle;\n(b) on the sides of a container, tank or vehicle it shall be positioned at right angles along the length of the container, tank or vehicle concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/303",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1426",
      "affecting_title": "The Transportable Pressure Vessels Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/2885",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1431",
      "affecting_title": "The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Transportable Pressure Vessels (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2095/schedule/10/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:07.755162+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."
}