{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2010/59",
  "legislation_title": "The Carriage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-explosives-regulations-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Use of hazard warning panels (road)",
  "text": "(1) 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).\n(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) for a hazard warning panel are that—\n(a) it shall be displayed in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4 as if it were an orange-coloured plate;\n(b) it shall be orange-coloured, except the part incorporating the placard which shall be white;\n(c) 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;\n(d) if more than one placard is to be incorporated in the panel, those placards shall be adjacent in the same horizontal plane;\n(e) it shall conform to the figure in sub-paragraph (4); and\n(f) it shall be clearly visible.\n(3) 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.\n(4) The figure is—",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5 in operation at 9.4.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/59/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:28:30.982666+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."
}