Paragraph 4

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

Sch.2, para.2 amended by Carriage of Dangerous Goods 1999 reg. 000, Sch.9, para.19(a)
Sch.2, para.3 amended by Carriage of Dangerous Goods 1999 reg. 000, Sch.9, para.19(b)
Sch.2, para.3A added by Carriage of Dangerous Goods 1999 reg. 000, Sch.9, para 19(c)
Sch. 2 para. 8 substituted by Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) 1999 reg. 12(f)

Regulations 6(a) and (c) and 11 and Schedule 3 shall not apply to or in relation to the carriage of a storage tank which is nominally empty, provided—

(a)

in the case where the tank is subject to the Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations 1989^f1 it has been examined by a competent person and there is in existence a valid report of that examination in accordance with those Regulations;

(b)

as much of the pipe-work which was connected to the tank as it was reasonably practicable to remove from it has been so removed;

(c)

a suitable pressure relief valve, which shall remain operational during the carriage, is fitted to the tank; and

(d)

subject to sub-paragraph (c) above, all openings in the tank and in any pipe-work attached thereto have been sealed to prevent the escape of any dangerous goods, insofar as it is reasonably practicable to do so.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1989/2169.