Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
1991
United Kingdom
Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991
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10 compliance obligations
What this Act requires
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Schedules
Browse 34 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Each hazard warning sign shall be in the form of...
Hazard warning signs to be affixed to a freight container,...
Hazard warning signs to be affixed to hazard warning panels...
Rubber scrap and rubber shoddy, in powdered or granulated form...
Seed cakes (seed expellers) containing more than 1.5% oil and...
Wool waste, wet.
Rags, oily.
Textile waste, wet
Seed cakes, containing not more than 1.5% oil and not...
Copra.
Cotton waste, oily
Cotton, wet.
Fibres, animal or vegetable, burnt. wet or damp
Fibres or fabrics, animal or vegetable, with animal or vegetable...
Fish meal (unstabilised).
Iron oxide, spent, or iron sponge. spent (obtained from coal...
Paper, treated with unsaturated oils, incompletely dried (includes carbon paper)....
Schedule 5 para.1
Any reference in paragraph 3 to a space number is...
Schedule 5 para.3
Schedule 5 para.4
Schedule 5 para.5
Any reference to a space number in paragraphs 5 and...
Schedule 5 para.7
Schedule 5 para.8
Schedule 5 para.9
In this Schedule, “bye-laws” means bye-laws made by a district...
Bye-laws shall be made under the common seal of the...
At least one month before application for confirmation of the...
For at least one month before application for confirmation is...
The Department of the Environment may confirm, with or without...
The Department of the Environment shall not under the foregoing...
A copy of the bye-laws, when confirmed, shall be printed...
Marking of barges
- Display hazard warning panels and labels on barges carrying dangerous substances
Control of harbour craft
- Ensure competent and sober crew on harbour craft
Additional duties of employers, self-employed persons and berth operators
- Provide information, training, equipment and supervision for dangerous substance handling
Fitness of vessels
- Only carry, load or unload liquid dangerous substances in bulk with a valid certificate or harbour master's permission
Permission for transfer between vessels
- Obtain written permission before transferring liquid dangerous substances between vessels
Safety precautions for loading, unloading or transfer
- Ensure safety precautions for loading/unloading liquid dangerous substances
Freight containers
- Ensure safe handling of dangerous substances in freight containers in harbour areas
Portable tanks and receptacles
- Ensure portable tanks and receptacles carrying dangerous substances are correctly filled and meet legal standards
Labelling
- Label dangerous substance containers at harbour areas
Untoward incidents
- Report untoward incidents during handling of dangerous substances
Browse 29 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
The shape of the flag shall be as shown in...
Interpretation
The flag shall be red in colour.
Meaning of “dangerous substance”
Meaning of “operator”
Application of these Regulations
Notice of entry of dangerous substances
Harbour master’s powers of prohibition, removal and regulation relating to dangerous substances
Flags and lights to be displayed by ,vessels
Regulations 6 and 8 not to apply to certain ferry-boats
Vessels to keep a safe distance from moored or anchored vessels displaying the flag or light required by regulation 8
Provision and use of radios
Anchoring and mooring of vessels
Mobility of vessels
General duties of persons handling dangerous substances
Precautions to be taken against fire or explosion
Certain operations on vessels forbidden without prior permission
Preparation of emergency plans by harbour authorities
Emergency arrangements at berths
Application of this Part
Storage tanks
Storage of freight containers, portable tanks and receptacles containing dangerous substances
Parking of road vehicles carrying dangerous substances
Power of a district council to make bye-laws
Enforcement of these Regulations
Defence in proceedings for contravening these Regulations or bye-laws
Power to grant exemptions from these Regulations
Repeals, revocations, modifications and savings
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