Paragraph 7 Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch.10, Pt.I, para,17 amended by Carriage of Dangerous Goods 1999 reg.1 O, Sch.9. para.25(a)
Sch.10, Pt.I, para.25 added by Carriage of Dangerous Goods 1999 reg.10. Sch.9, para.25(b)
Sch. 10 para. 11 words substituted by Transportable Pressure Vessels 2001 reg. 14(6)(c)
Sch. 10 para. 11 words substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods 1998 reg. 6(c)
Sch. 10 para. 11 words substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Transportable Pressure Vessels 2003 reg. 5(4)

(1)

Where a vehicle is carrying only one of the dangerous goods listed in the Approved Carriage List in bulk, in the vehicle or in a container on the vehicle—

(a)

an orange-coloured panel conforming to figure 2 shall be displayed at the rear of the vehicle, bearing the appropriate UN number and the appropriate emergency action code;

(b)

an orange-coloured panel conforming to figure 2 shall be displayed on both sides of the vehicle or the container, as the case may be, bearing the appropriate UN number and the appropriate emergency action code.

(2)

Where a vehicle is carrying a multi-load in bulk, in separate compartments of the vehicle or in separate containers on the vehicle—

(a)

an orange-coloured panel conforming to figure 3 shall be displayed at the rear of the vehicle, bearing the appropriate emergency action code;

(b)

an orange-coloured panel shall be displayed on both sides of each compartment of the vehicle or each container on the vehicle, as the case may be—

(i)

at least one of which on each side conforms to figure 2, bearing the appropriate UN number and the appropriate emergency action code; and

(ii)

the remainder of which conform to figure 4, bearing the appropriate UN number.