Paragraph 5 Use of hazard warning panels (road)I1
Northern Ireland
The information required to be displayed on placards and orange-coloured plates pursuant to Section 5.3.1 and paragraphs 1 to 3 and the information required to be displayed pursuant to paragraph 4 may all be shown on hazard warning panels provided that any such panels meet the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2) and, if relevant, sub-paragraph (3).
The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) for a hazard warning panel are that—
it shall be displayed in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4 as if it were an orange-coloured plate;
it shall be orange-coloured, except the part incorporating the placard which shall be white;
the placard shall be not less than 200mm by 200mm, with a line of the same colour as the relevant symbol not more than 12.5mm inside the edge and running parallel to it;
if more than one placard is to be incorporated in the panel, those placards shall be adjacent in the same horizontal plane;
it shall conform to the figure in sub-paragraph (4); and
it shall be clearly visible.
If dangerous goods are carried in a tank which was constructed on or after 1st January 2005, the orange-coloured plate shall be indelible and remain legible after it has been engulfed in fire for 15 minutes.
The figure is—
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 1 para. 5 in operation at 9.4.2010, see reg. 1