PART 2 CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY RAIL

Hazard Identification Numbers to be replaced by Emergency Action Codes (rail)

6.  If orange-coloured plates bearing a hazard identification number are required to be displayed pursuant to the requirement in regulation 53(4) to comply with Section 5.3.2, then the hazard identification number shall be replaced by the appropriate emergency action code for the substance in question.

Telephone number to be used to obtain specialist advice to be displayed (rail)

7.  If dangerous goods are being carried in tanks, a telephone number where specialist advice concerning the dangerous goods in question may be obtained in English at any time during carriage shall be displayed—

(a) in the immediate vicinity of each orange-coloured plate; and

(b) against an orange-coloured background in black digits of not less than 30mm in height.

Use of hazard warning panels (rail)

8.—(1) The information required to be displayed on placards and orange-coloured plates in accordance with Section 5.3.1 and paragraph 6 and the telephone number required to be displayed pursuant to paragraph 7 may all be shown on hazard warning panels provided that the panel meets the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) for a hazard warning panel are that it shall—

(a) be displayed in accordance with paragraph 7 as if it were an orange-coloured plate; and

(b) comply with the requirements of paragraphs 5(2)(b) to (f).

Regulation 94

SCHEDULE 8 AMENDMENTS

Enactments to be amended Section, Regulations and Schedules to be amended Amendments to be made
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928(76) Section 18(4)(b) For “2004” substitute “2007”
Compressed Acetylene (Importation) Regulations 1978(77) Regulation 1A For “2004” substitute “2007(78)”
Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983(79) Regulation 2(1), definition (a) of “classified” For “regulation 15” substitute “regulation 47” and for “2004” substitute “2007(80)”
Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987(81) Regulation 2(1), definition of “the Carriage Regulations” For ““the Carriage Regulations” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004” substitute ““CDG 2007” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007(82)”
Regulation 2(1), paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “classification” For “the Carriage Regulations 2004” substitute “CDG 2007”
Regulation 2(1), paragraph (b) of the definition of “portable tank” For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Regulation 3(2)(b) For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Regulation 6(4)(a) For “Part II of the Radioactive Substances (Carriage by Road) (Great Britain) Regulations 1974 by virtue of regulation 20 of those Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Regulation 24(a) For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Regulation 25(1)(b)(ii) For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Regulation 25(2) For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007” and omit “(d) the Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002;”
Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations 1990(83) Regulation 2(1), definition of “the Carriage Regulations” For ““the Carriage Regulations” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004” substitute ““CDG 2007” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007(84)”
Regulation 2(1), definition of “classification” For “regulation 15 of the Carriage Regulations” substitute “regulation 47 of CDG 2007”
Regulation 2(1), definition of “dangerous substance” For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Regulation 2(1A) For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Paragraph 1(c)(i) of Schedule 1 For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Paragraph 1(d) of Schedule 1 For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Coal and Other Safety-Lamp Mines (Explosives) Regulations 1993(85) Regulation 5(10) For “2004” substitute “2007(86)”
Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993(87) Part A of Schedule 2 (7.3(g)) For “2004” substitute “2007(88)”
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995(89) Regulation 2(1), definition of “the Carriage Regulations” For ““the Carriage Regulations” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004” substitute ““CDG 2007” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations(90)”
Paragraph 17A in Part 1 of Schedule 2 For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Paragraph 59(2) in Part 4 of Schedule 2 For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996(91) Regulation 2(1), definition of “dangerous goods” For “2004” substitute “2007(92)”
Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000(93) Regulation 2(1), definition of “the Carriage Regulations” For ““the Carriage Regulations” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004” substitute ““CDG 2007” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007(94)”
Regulation 2(1), definition of “old pressure receptacle” For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Regulation 2(1), definition of “pressure receptacle” For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Regulation 2(1), definition of “transportable pressure equipment” For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Paragraph 9 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Paragraph 13(b) in Part 1 of Schedule 1 For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007”
Paragraph 3(a) in Part 2 of Schedule 1 For “the Carriage Regulations” substitute “CDG 2007” and for “4(1)” substitute “35”
Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001(95) Regulation 2(1), definitions of “the Carriage Regulations”, “consignor” and “vehicle” Omit “the Carriage Regulations”, “consignor” and “vehicle” and the definitions of those words
Regulation 2(1), definition of “transport” Omit definition (a)
Regulation 2(1), definition of “work with ionising radiation” Omit “, transport by rail”
Regulation 2(2)(a) and the “and” which follows regulation 2(2)(a) Omit
Regulation 3(1)(b) Omit
Regulation 3(1)(c) For “of a quantity or mass referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above” substitute “containing more than the quantity of radionuclides specified in Schedule 4 or, in the case of fissile material, more than the mass of that material specified in Schedule 3”
Regulation 3(3) For “paragraph (1)(b)” substitute “paragraph (1)(c)”
Regulation 3(4)(c)

For the sub-paragraph substitute—

(c) any radioactive substance conforming to the specifications for special form radioactive material set out in sub-section 2.7.2.3.3 of the UN Model Regulations—

(i) which has received unilateral or multilateral approval pursuant to the law of any State implementing section 6.4.23 of the UN Model Regulations; or

(ii) where the transport in question forms part of an international transport operation;

Regulation 3(4)(d)

For the sub-paragraph substitute—

(d) any radioactive substance contained in a package which complies in every respect as to its design with the requirements for—

(i) a Type B(U) package, a Type B(M) package or a Type C package as set out in subsections 6.4.8, 6.4.9 or 6.4.10 of the UN Model Regulations respectively; or

(ii) a consignment carried under special arrangement within the meaning of sections 1.5.4 and 6.4.23 of the UN Model Regulations which provides an equivalent level of safety to a type B(U) package, Type B(M) package or a Type C package complying with the requirements referred to in Paragraph (i),

and, in each case, the package has received unilateral or multilateral approval pursuant to the law of any State implementing section 6.4.23 of the UN Model Regulations or the transport in question forms part of an international transport operation;

Regulation 3(4)(e)

For the sub-paragraph substitute—

(e) the transport of any radioactive substance in the form of a low specific activity material conforming to the specifications for LSA-I, LSA-II or LSA-III set out in 2.7.2.3.1 of the UN Model Regulations including cases where the transport forms part of an international transport operation;

Regulation 3(4)(f)

For the sub-paragraph substitute—

(f) the transport of any radioactive substance in the form of a surface contaminated object conforming to the specifications for SCO-I or SCO-II set out in sub-section 2.7.2.3.2 of the UN Model Regulations including cases where the transport forms part of an international transport operation;

Regulation 3(6)

For the paragraph substitute—

(6) In paragraph (4)(c) to (f)—

(a) “UN Model Regulations” means the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Model Regulations, as revised or reissued from time to time(96); and

(b) “international transport operation” means the carriage of radioactive substances, including carriage by more than one mode of transport, where that carriage takes place in more than one country.

Regulation 8(4) Omit
Regulation 8(7)(a) Omit “, (where not also the carrier) the consignor”
Regulation 13(3)(a)(ii) Omit “the consignor,”
Paragraph (h) of Schedule 5 Omit “, the type of vehicle and the means of securing the load within or on the vehicle”
Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002(97) Regulation 7(3)(a) For “2004” substitute “2007(98)”
Regulation 8A(4) For “2004” substitute “2007”
Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002(99) The list in Schedule 2 Omit “The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/1093);” and for “The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/568)” substitute “The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/1573)”
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002(100) The list in Schedule 7 Omit “The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/1093);” and for “The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/568)” substitute “The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/1573)”
Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002(101) The list in Schedule 5 Omit “The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/1093);” and for “The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/568)” substitute “The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/1573)”
Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005(102) Regulation 2(6) For “2004” substitute “2007(103)”
Regulation 3(2)(b) For “2004” substitute “2007”
Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) Regulations 2005(104) Regulation 2(1), definition of “dangerous goods” For “2004” substitute “2007(105)”
Paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 For “2004” substitute “2007”
Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006(106) Regulation 3(5) For “58(5)” substitute “93(4)” and for “2004” substitute “2007(107)”
Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006(108) Regulation 24(3)(a) For “2004” substitute “2007(109)”
Paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 2 (110)For “2004” substitute “2007”
(76)

1928, c. 32; section 18 was amended by S.I. 1974/1942, Schedule 2, paragraph 8, by S.I. 1986/1951, Schedule 4, Part 2, paragraph 1, by S.I. 2002/2776, Schedule 6, Part 1, paragraph 2(4) and by S.I. 2004/568, Schedule 13, paragraph 1; section 18 was repealed in relation to the carriage of petroleum mixtures and liquid methane in a road tanker or tank-container by S.I. 1992/743, regulation 30(1); there are other amendments to the Act not relevant to these Regulations. Back [76]

(77)

S.I. 1978/1723; amended by S.I. 2001/1426 and 2004/568 and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [77]

(78)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [78]

(79)

S.I. 1983/1140, amended by S.I. 1987/605, 1996/2093, 1999/303 and 2004/568. Back [79]

(80)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [80]

(81)

S.I. 1987/37; amended by S.I. 1996/2092, 1996/2095, 1997/2367, 2003/1431 and 2004/568 and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [81]

(82)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [82]

(83)

S.I. 1990/304, amended by S.I. 1993/1746, 1994/669, 1996/2092 and 2004/568 and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [83]

(84)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [84]

(85)

S.I. 1993/208, as amended by S.I. 1996/2093 and 2004/568 and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [85]

(86)

S.I 2007/1573. Back [86]

(87)

S.I. 1993/3050, amended by S.I. 2002/2176 and 2004/568 and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [87]

(88)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [88]

(89)

S.I. 1995/3163, amended by S.I. 1996/2089, 1996/2092 and 2004/568 and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [89]

(90)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [90]

(91)

S.I. 1996/341, amended by S.I. 1996/2092 and 2004/568 and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [91]

(92)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [92]

(93)

S.I. 2000/128, amended by S.I. 2001/1426 and 2004/568. Back [93]

(94)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [94]

(95)

S.I. 2001/2975, amended by S.I. 2002/2099 and 2004/568 and to which there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [95]

(96)

Current edition (2005): ISBN 9211391067. Back [96]

(97)

S.I. 2002/1689; amended by S.I. 2004/568. Back [97]

(98)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [98]

(99)

S.I. 2002/2676; amended by S.I. 2004/568, there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [99]

(100)

S.I. 2002/2677; amended by S.I. 2004/568 and to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [100]

(101)

S.I. 2002/2776; amended by S.I. 2004/568. Back [101]

(102)

S.I. 2005/1082. Back [102]

(103)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [103]

(104)

S.I. 2005/1992; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [104]

(105)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [105]

(106)

S.I. 2006/557; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [106]

(107)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [107]

(108)

S.I. 2006/2739. Back [108]

(109)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [109]

(110)

S.I. 2007/1573. Back [110]

Amended by correction slip on 01 August 2007