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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-by-road-driver-training-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/475",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Explosives by Road (Driver Training) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-by-road-driver-training-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
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  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\n1 These Regulations impose duties on the operator and driver of a vehicle carrying explosives with respect to the provision of instruction and training to the driver of the vehicle concerned. They re-enact, with modifications, the Road Traffic (Training of Drivers of Vehicles Carrying Explosives) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 315). These Regulations also implement Council Directive 94/55/EC (O.J. No. L319, 12.12.94, p. 7) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of explosives by road, in so far as the Directive concerns the instruction and training of drivers. This Directive seeks to apply the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road signed at Geneva on 30th September 1957, as amended (“ADR”) (1995 edition: ISBN 92 1 139043 5).\n2 Regulation 2 and Schedules 1 and 2 specify the carriage of explosives to which these Regulations apply. The limited quantity provisions in the Road Traffic (Training of Drivers Carrying Explosives) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 have been made consistent with the Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations. Regulation 2 (together with regulation 1(6)) also specifies when a vehicle is considered to be engaged in the carriage of explosives for the purposes of the Regulations.\n3 Regulation 3 imposes duties on the operator of a vehicle carrying explosives to provide adequate instruction and training to the driver of the vehicle.\n4 Regulation 4 imposes a duty on the operator of a vehicle carrying explosives with respect to the possession by the driver of that vehicle of a training certificate (known as a “vocational training certificate”) issued pursuant to paragraph (1). This regulation provides that the vocational training certificate shall be appropriate to the carriage of explosives in packages. In addition this regulation (together with Schedules 3 and 4) imposes ancillary requirements with regard to the issue, renewal and validity of any such certificate. The fee for the Certificate has been increased by £0·30 to £2·80.\n5 Regulation 5 provides that in certain circumstances a training certificate issued under existing national legislation will be regarded as a vocational training certificate issued pursuant to regulation 4(1). It further provides that any vocational training certificate issued in accordance with the Road Traffic (Training of Drivers of Vehicles Carrying Explosives) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 will be deemed to be a vocational training certificate issued in accordance with regulation 4.\n6 Regulation 6 imposes a duty on the driver of a vehicle carrying explosives with respect of the keeping of his vocational training certificate.\n7 Regulation 7 imposes a duty on the driver of a vehicle carrying explosives with respect to the production of his vocational training certificate to certain named officials.\n8 A person who contravenes the Regulations is guilty of an offence under Article 31 of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (currently £5,000), or on conviction on indictment, to a fine.\n9 The current edition of ADR may be obtained from The Stationery Office.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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