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The Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations 1992

S.I. 1992/743 · Made 12 March 1992

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Made 12th March 1992

Laid before Parliament 13th March 1992

Coming into force

for the purposes of all regulations except regulation 7(6) to (9) insofar as those paragraphs apply to the carrying tanks of road tankers and to tank containers which (in either case) are not pressure vessels 1st June 1992

for the purposes of regulation 7(6) to (9) insofar as those paragraphs apply to the carrying tanks of road tankers and to tank containers which (in either case) are not pressure vessels 1st June 1993

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), (2), (3)(c), (4), (5)(b) and (6)(b), 43(2) to (6) and 82(3)(a) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2), (3) and (4), 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 14, 15(1) and 16 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the said Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

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1974 c. 37; section 15(1) was substituted by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) [c.71], section 116 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 15; section 43(3) was amended by the 1975 Act, sections 116 and 125(3) and paragraph 12 of Schedule 15 and Schedule 18; section 43(6) was substituted for the original section 43(6) and (7) by the 1975 Act, section 116 and paragraph 12 of Schedule 15; section 50(3) was amended by the 1975 Act, section 116 and paragraph 16(3) of Schedule 15.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Application of these Regulations
  4. 4Meaning of and revisions to the approved list
  5. 5Meaning of operator
  6. 6Construction of vehicles and tank containers
  7. 7Testing and examination of the carrying tanks of road tankers and tank containers
  8. 8Exceptions to regulations 6 and 7
  9. 9Keeping of documents
  10. 10Information relating to dangerous substances to be received by operators
  11. 11Limitation on the carriage of certain substances
  12. 12Information in writing to be available during carriage
  13. 13Precautions against fire or explosion
  14. 14Precautions to be taken before loading road tankers and tank containers with dangerous substances
  15. 15Prohibition against overfilling road tankers or tank containers
  16. 16Openings in tanks and valves to be securely closed before commencement of journey
  17. 17Parking and supervision of vehicles carrying dangerous substances
  18. 18Road tankers carrying dangerous substances to carry hazard warning panels
  19. 19Tank containers carrying dangerous substances to carry hazard warning panels
  20. 20Additional requirements for labelling road tankers and tank containers carrying multiloads
  21. 21Circumstances in which regulations 18 to 20 do not apply
  22. 22Prohibition on provision and display of hazard warning panels and labels and additional information
  23. 23Removal of hazard warning panels and labels
  24. 24Hazard warning panels and labels to be kept clean and free from obstruction
  25. 25Unloading of petrol at petroleum filling stations and certain other premises licensed for the keeping of petrol
  26. 26Instruction and training for drivers
  27. 27Information to be produced to police constables and goods vehicle examiners
  28. 28Exemption certificates
  29. 29Defence in proceedings for contravening these Regulations
  30. 30Revocations and modifications
  31. Signature
  32. Schedule 1: CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF AND SIGNS FOR DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES
  33. ITABLE OF CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES AND LIST OF SIGNS THEREFOR
  34. IISIGN—
  35. Part III: SPECIFICATIONS FOR SIGNS SHOWN IN COLUMN 3 OF PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE
  36. 1Paragraph 1
  37. 2Paragraph 2
  38. 3Paragraph 3
  39. 4Paragraph 4
  40. Part IV: SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SIGN SHOWN IN PART II OF THIS SCHEDULE
  41. 1Paragraph 1
  42. 2Paragraph 2
  43. 3Paragraph 3
  44. Schedule 2EXCEPTIONS TO THESE REGULATIONS
  45. Schedule 3: HAZARD WARNING PANELS AND LABELS
  46. 1Form of hazard warning panels
  47. 2Form of hazard warning panels
  48. 3Information about single loads
  49. 4Information about single loads
  50. 5Information about multi-loads
  51. 6Specifications for hazard warning panels
  52. 7Text permitted in space (4)
  53. 8Form of labels
  54. 9Form of labels
  55. 10Information to be shown on labels
  56. 11Specification for labels
  57. 12Colour of hazard warning panels and labels
  58. Schedule 4: UNLOADING OF PETROL AT PETROLEUM FILLING STATIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER PREMISES LICENSED FOR THE KEEPING OF PETROL
  59. Part I: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  60. 1Paragraph 1
  61. 2Paragraph 2
  62. 3Paragraph 3
  63. 4Paragraph 4
  64. 5Paragraph 5
  65. 6Paragraph 6
  66. 7Paragraph 7
  67. 8Paragraph 8
  68. Part II: THE PART II PROCEDURE (PROCEDURE FOR LICENSEE—CONTROLLED DELIVERIES)
  69. 9Paragraph 9
  70. 10Paragraph 10
  71. 11Paragraph 11
  72. 12Paragraph 12
  73. 13Paragraph 13
  74. 14Paragraph 14
  75. 15Paragraph 15
  76. 16Paragraph 16
  77. 17Paragraph 17
  78. 18Paragraph 18
  79. Part III: THE PART III PROCEDURE (PROCEDURE FOR DRIVER—CONTROLLED DELIVERIES)
  80. 19Paragraph 19
  81. 20Paragraph 20
  82. 21Paragraph 21
  83. 22Paragraph 22
  84. 23Paragraph 23
  85. 24Paragraph 24
  86. 25Paragraph 25
  87. IVFORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR LICENSEE—CONTROLLED DELIVERIES
  88. APart A
  89. BPart B
  90. VFORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR DRIVER—CONTROLLED DELIVERIES
  91. BPart B
  92. VIFORM OF PART III LICENCE
  93. Schedule 5: REVOCATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
  94. IREVOCATIONS
  95. Part II: MODIFICATIONS
  96. 1Paragraph 1
  97. 2Paragraph 2
  98. 3Paragraph 3
  99. Explanatory note