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Paragraph 17 Carriage of dangerous substances by roadI1

England, Wales and Scotland Not yet in force

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(1)

Any incident involving a vehicle used for the carriage of a dangerous substance, other than a vehicle to which paragraph 16 applies, where there is—

(a)

an uncontrolled release or escape of the dangerous substance being carried in such a quantity as to have the potential to cause the death of, or major injury to, any person; or

(b)

a fire which involves the dangerous substance being carried.

(2)

In this paragraph, “carriage” and “dangerous substance” have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages etc.) Regulations 1992f1.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 17 in force at 1.4.1996, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1992/742; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/1746 and S.I. 1994/669.