Regulation 24 Portable tanks and receptacles

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

reg. 24(a)(ii) words substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles 1996 Sch. 5 para. 4
reg. 24(a)(ii) words substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) 1994 Sch. 4 para. 4
reg. 24(a)(ii) words substituted by Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging) 1993 Sch. 9 para. 4
reg. 24(a)(i) substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road 1996 reg. 29(3)
reg. 24(a)(i)(aa) words substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods 1998 reg. 3(a)
reg. 24(a)(i)(bb) words substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods 1998 reg. 3(b)
reg. 24(a)(i)(aa) words substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Transportable Pressure Vessels 2003 reg. 2(a)
reg. 24(a)(i)(bb) words substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Transportable Pressure Vessels 2003 reg. 2(a)
reg. 24 substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment 2004 Sch. 13 para. 3(4)
reg. 24(a) words substituted by Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment 2007 Sch. 8

Where a dangerous substance is brought into a harbour or harbour area from inland in–

(a)

a portable tank, the operator of the tank shall ensure that it is correctly filled and either–

(i)

in the case of a portable tank to which the Dangerous Substances (Conveyance by Road in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations 1981 applies, complies with the requirements of regulation 6 of those Regulations; or

(ii)

in any other case, the portable tank is suitable for the purpose and complies with the requirements of sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of regulation 7 of the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984.

(b)

a receptacle, the consignor of that substance shall ensure that–

(i)

the receptacle is designed, constructed, maintained and closed so as to prevent any of the contents escaping when subjected to the stresses and strains of normal handling or transport except that this shall not prevent the fitting of a suitable safety device,

(ii)

the receptacle and any fastenings are, in so far as they are likely to come into contact with the substance, made of materials which are neither liable to be adversely affected by the substance nor liable in conjunction with the substance to form any other substance which is itself a risk to health or safety,

(iii)

the receptacle is correctly filled, and

(iv)

in the case of a receptacle containing a compressed gas, the receptacle has been appropriately tested.