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The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/2095 · Made 8 August 1996

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Made 8th August 1996

Laid before Parliament 9th August 1996

Coming into force 1st September 1996

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, 15(1), 16 and 20 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:

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Footnotes

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1974 c. 37; sections 15(1) and 50(3) were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (1975 c. 71), Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16(3) respectively. The general purposes of Part I referred to in section 15(1) were extended by section 117(2) of the Railways Act 1993 (1993 c. 43) and modified by The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Substances) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2075).

Contents

  1. Part I: INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 3Application of these regulations
  5. 4Meaning of “operator”
  6. Part II: APPROVED DOCUMENTS
  7. 5Meaning of the Approved Carriage List and other approved documents
  8. 6Duties in relation to the approved documents
  9. Part III: MODE OF CARRIAGE
  10. 7Method of dispatch and restrictions on forwarding
  11. 8Carriage in bulk
  12. 9Carriage in tanks
  13. 10Suitability of containers, tanks and vehicles
  14. 11Examination, testing and certification of tanks
  15. 12General requirements for carriage
  16. Part IV: INFORMATION
  17. 13Information to be provided by consignors
  18. 14Documentation to be provided by operators
  19. 15Documentation to be available during carriage
  20. 16Keeping of information by operators
  21. 17Information to be displayed on containers, tanks and vehicles
  22. Part V: LOADING AND UNLOADING
  23. 18Prohibition of the carriage of certain mixed loads
  24. 19Loading, stowage, unloading and cleaning of containers, tanks and vehicles
  25. 20Unloading of petrol at petroleum filling stations and certain other premises licensed for the keeping of petrol
  26. Part VI: EMERGENCIES AND PARKING
  27. 21Equipment
  28. 22Accidents and emergencies
  29. 23Precautions against fire or explosion
  30. 24Supervision and parking of vehicles
  31. Part VII: MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
  32. 25Exemption certificates
  33. 26Defence
  34. 27International provisions
  35. 28Transitional defence
  36. 29Revocations and amendments
  37. Signature
  38. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  39. Schedule 2: DISAPPLICATIONS TO THESE REGULATIONS
  40. 1Paragraph 1
  41. 2Paragraph 2
  42. 3Paragraph 3
  43. 4Paragraph 4
  44. 5Paragraph 5
  45. 6Paragraph 6
  46. 7Paragraph 7
  47. 8Paragraph 8
  48. 9Paragraph 9
  49. 10Paragraph 10
  50. 11Paragraph 11
  51. Schedule 3: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TANK CONTAINERS AND THE TANKS OF ROAD TANKERS CONSTRUCTED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1999
  52. 1Construction of vehicles and tank containers
  53. 2Testing and examination of the carrying tanks of road tankers and tank containers
  54. 3Exceptions to paragraph 2
  55. 4Keeping of documents
  56. 5Keeping of documents
  57. Schedule 4: METHOD OF DISPATCH AND RESTRICTIONS ON FORWARDING OF CER TAIN DANGEROUS GOODS
  58. 1Flammable solids
  59. 2Flammable solids
  60. 3Flammable solids
  61. 4Flammable solids
  62. 5Flammable solids
  63. 6Spontaneously combustible substances
  64. 7Oxidizing substances
  65. 8Organic peroxides
  66. 9Organic peroxides
  67. 10Organic peroxides
  68. Schedule 5: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CARRIAGE IN BULK IN VEHICLES OF CERTAIN DANGEROUS GOODS
  69. 1Application
  70. 2Flammable solids
  71. 3Flammable solids
  72. 4Flammable solids
  73. 5Spontaneously combustible substances
  74. 6Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
  75. 7Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
  76. 8Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
  77. 9Oxidizing substances
  78. 10Toxic substances
  79. 11Toxic substances
  80. 12Toxic substances
  81. 13Corrosive substances
  82. 14Corrosive substances
  83. 15Corrosive substances
  84. 16Corrosive substances
  85. 17Corrosive substances
  86. 18Miscellaneous dangerous goods
  87. Schedule 6: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CARRIAGE IN BULK IN CONTAINERS OF CERTAIN DANGEROUS GOODS
  88. 1Application
  89. 2Flammable solids
  90. 3Flammable solids
  91. 4Flammable solids
  92. 5Spontaneously combustible substances
  93. 6Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
  94. 7Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
  95. 8Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
  96. 9Oxidizing substances
  97. 10Oxidizing substances
  98. 11Oxidizing substances
  99. 12Organic peroxides
  100. 13Toxic substances
  101. 14Toxic substances
  102. 15Toxic substances
  103. 16Corrosive substances
  104. 17Corrosive substances
  105. 18Corrosive substances
  106. 19Corrosive substances
  107. Schedule 7: TYPES OF VEHICLE TO BE USED FOR THE CARRIAGE OF CERTAIN DANGEROUS GOODS
  108. 1Gases
  109. 2Flammable solids
  110. 3Flammable solids
  111. 4Flammable solids
  112. 5Spontaneously combustible substances
  113. 6Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
  114. 7Oxidizing substances
  115. 8Oxidizing substances
  116. 9Organic peroxides
  117. 10Organic peroxides
  118. 12Infectious substances
  119. 13Miscellaneous dangerous goods
  120. Schedule 8: FEE FOR APPROVALS AND SURVEILLANCE INSPECTIONS
  121. 1Paragraph 1
  122. 2Paragraph 2
  123. 3Paragraph 3
  124. 4Paragraph 4
  125. 5Paragraph 5
  126. 6Paragraph 6
  127. Schedule 9: ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY INFORMATION RELATING TO THE CARRIAGE OF CERTAIN DANGEROUS GOODS
  128. 1Infectious substances
  129. 2Miscellaneous dangerous goods
  130. 3Miscellaneous dangerous goods
  131. 4Miscellaneous dangerous goods
  132. Schedule 10: INFORMATION TO BE DISPLAYED ON CONTAINERS, TANKS AND VEHI CLES CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS
  133. Part I: INFORMATION TO BE DISPLAYED
  134. 1Paragraph 1
  135. 2Interpretation
  136. 3Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
  137. 4Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
  138. 5Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
  139. 6Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
  140. 7Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
  141. 8Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
  142. 9Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
  143. 10Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
  144. 11Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
  145. 12Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
  146. 13Display of the telephone number
  147. 14Display of the telephone number
  148. 15Display of the telephone number
  149. 16Display of the telephone number
  150. 17Display of danger signs and subsidiary hazard signs
  151. 18Display of danger signs and subsidiary hazard signs
  152. 19Display of danger signs and subsidiary hazard signs
  153. 20Display of danger signs and subsidiary hazard signs
  154. 21Display of danger signs and subsidiary hazard signs
  155. 22Display of hazard warning panels
  156. 23General
  157. 24General
  158. IIFigures referred to in this Schedule
  159. Schedule 11: REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE LOADING, STOWAGE, UNLOADING AND CLEANING OF CONTAINERS, TANKS AND VEHICLES CARRYING CERTAIN DANGEROUS GOODS
  160. 1Gases
  161. 2Flammable liquids
  162. 3Flammable liquids
  163. 4Flammable solids
  164. 5Flammable solids
  165. 6Flammable solids
  166. 7Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
  167. 8Oxidizing substances
  168. 9Organic peroxides
  169. 10Organic peroxides
  170. 11Toxic substances
  171. 12Toxic substances
  172. 13Infectious substances
  173. 14Infectious substances
  174. 15Corrosive substances
  175. 16Corrosive substances
  176. 17Miscellaneous dangerous goods
  177. 18Miscellaneous dangerous goods
  178. Schedule 12: UNLOADING OF PETROL AT PETROLEUM FILLING STATIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER PREMISES LICENSED FOR THE KEEPING OF PETROL
  179. Part I: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  180. 1Paragraph 1
  181. 2Paragraph 2
  182. 3Paragraph 3
  183. 4Paragraph 4
  184. 5Paragraph 5
  185. 6Paragraph 6
  186. 7Paragraph 7
  187. 8Paragraph 8
  188. Part II: THE PART II PROCEDURE
  189. 9Paragraph 9
  190. 10Paragraph 10
  191. 11Paragraph 11
  192. 12Paragraph 12
  193. 13Paragraph 13
  194. 14Paragraph 14
  195. 15Paragraph 15
  196. 16Paragraph 16
  197. 17Paragraph 17
  198. 18Paragraph 18
  199. Part III: THE PART III PROCEDURE
  200. 19Paragraph 19
  201. 20Paragraph 20
  202. 21Paragraph 21
  203. 22Paragraph 22
  204. 23Paragraph 23
  205. 24Paragraph 24
  206. 25Paragraph 25
  207. 26Paragraph 26
  208. IVFORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR LICENSEE-CONTROLLED DELIVERIES
  209. VFORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR DRIVER-CONTROLLED DELIVERIES
  210. VIFORM PART III LICENCE
  211. Explanatory note