Construction of vehicles and tank containers
- Use only properly designed and maintained road tankers for dangerous goods Operator
Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
1997
United Kingdom
Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
At a glance
What's here
28 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Operator 19
- Licence Holder 7
- Any Person 1
- Distributor 1
Other Acts binding the same actors
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Operators also bound by 730 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 2012 138 duties
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 2018 121 duties
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 2012 112 duties
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 75 duties
- Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 2016 66 duties
Licence Holders also bound by 221 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Petroleum (Current Model Clauses) Order 1999 1999 317 duties
- The Petroleum Licensing (Exploration and Production) (Seaward and Landward Areas) Regulations 2004 2004 123 duties
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 76 duties
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 68 duties
- The Petroleum (Production) (Landward Areas) Regulations 1991 1991 65 duties
Any Person also bound by 2337 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
Distributors also bound by 177 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) Regulations 2017 2017 28 duties
- The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2017 2017 26 duties
- The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 2017 25 duties
- Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 2002 21 duties
- THE ELECTRICITY SAFETY, QUALITY AND CONTINUITY REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2012 2012 19 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Keeping of documents
- Keep required documents for dangerous goods vehicles at registered address Operator
A vehicle carrying any of the following goods shall be...
- Close or sheet vehicles carrying listed dangerous goods Operator
(1) It shall be the duty of the person licensed...
- Ensure safe unloading of petrol from road tankers and follow procedures Licence Holder
The competent person shall, following the completion of a delivery...
- Distribute and keep petrol delivery certificates for 12 months Distributor
The licensee shall, for the purpose of distinguishing one storage...
- Clearly mark storage tanks with identifier, capacity and grade Licence Holder
(1) Where the licensee intends to use the Part III...
- Ensure safety equipment and procedures for petrol deliveries at your licensed premises Licence Holder
Before making any delivery of petrol by the Part III...
- Ensure road tanker is properly equipped and loaded before petrol delivery Operator
The driver of a road tanker which has completed a...
- Give completed delivery certificate to supplier and return copy to licensee Operator
For the purpose of distinguishing one compartment of the carrying...
- Mark each compartment of a road tanker with a permanent number Operator
The licensee shall ensure that every dipstick, not being one...
- Mark dipsticks and measuring devices with same identifier as storage tank Licence Holder
Where the method of filling a storage tank is by...
- Mark filling pipe with tank number, capacity and grade Licence Holder
In any case where the method of filling the tank...
- Ensure pipe connections are secure before filling tank Licence Holder
Where, during the course of filling a storage tank, vapours...
- Mark vapour balance pipe with 'vapour balance' Licence Holder
Browse 138 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
These Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to...
Only regulations 17 and 23(1) shall apply where aircraft fuel...
Regulation 24 shall only apply to and in relation to...
These Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to...
These Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to...
Regulations 6(a) and (c) and 11 and Schedule 3 shall...
Regulations 6 to 11, 12(2) to (6), 14 to 16,...
Regulations 6, 7, 10(2) to (5), 11(5), 12(1), 13 to...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), regulations 8(2) and (3), 9(3),...
Regulations 12(1) and 13 shall only apply to and in...
Regulation 17(1) shall not apply where the dangerous goods are...
Testing and examination of the carrying tanks of road tankers and tank containers
Exceptions to paragraph 2
In this Schedule— “pressure vessel” means a tank container or...
Flammable solids
For the following goods— UN 3113 ORGANIC PEROXIDE TYPE C,...
The following goods shall be shielded from direct sunlight and...
Self-reactive substances
For the following goods— UN 3231 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE B,...
For the following goods— UN 3233 SELF-REACTIVE LIQUID TYPE C,...
Spontaneously combustible substances
Oxidizing substances
Organic peroxides
For the following goods— UN 3111 ORGANIC PEROXIDE TYPE B,...
Application
Toxic substances
(1) The goods UN 3243 SOLIDS CONTAINING TOXIC LIQUID, N.O.S.*...
Toxic substances, other than those specified in paragraphs 10 and...
Corrosive substances
(1) The following goods shall be carried in a vehicle...
The provisions of paragraph 14 shall apply to vehicles carrying...
A vehicle carrying the goods UN 3244 SOLIDS CONTAINING CORROSIVE...
Only those corrosive substances which are listed in paragraphs 14...
Miscellaneous dangerous goods
Flammable solids
(1) A vehicle carrying the goods UN 3175 SOLIDS CONTAINING...
A vehicle carrying flammable solids, other than those specified in...
Spontaneously combustible substances
Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
The openings used for loading and unloading in a vehicle...
Oxidizing substances
Application
A container carrying oxidizing substances, other than those specified in...
Toxic substances
A container carrying the goods UN 3243 SOLIDS CONTAINING TOXIC...
A container carrying solid wastes containing toxic substances, other than...
Corrosive substances
The provisions of paragraph 14 shall apply to containers carrying...
(1) The provisions of paragraph 14(1), and (2)(b) and (c)...
A container carrying solid wastes containing corrosive substances, other than...
Flammable solids
(1) A container carrying the goods UN 3175 SOLIDS CONTAINING...
A container carrying flammable solids, other than those specified in...
Spontaneously combustible substances
Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
A container carrying any of the following goods shall be...
The openings used for loading and unloading in a container...
A container carrying any of the following goods— UN 1438...
Gases
(1) Organic peroxides which require temperature control, other than those...
Infectious substances
Miscellaneous dangerous goods
Flammable solids
The following goods shall be loaded in a closed or...
(1) Where any of the following dangerous goods are contained...
Spontaneously combustible substances
Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
Oxidizing substances
Where the goods UN 2015 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, STABILISED or HYDROGEN...
Organic peroxides
On the making of an application under regulation 11 to...
On receipt of the application referred to in paragraph 1,...
On determination of the application referred to in paragraph 1,...
If the cost stated in accordance with paragraph 3—
In estimating or stating the cost of carrying out any...
Following a surveillance inspection of an approved person in accordance...
Infectious substances
Miscellaneous dangerous goods
Where any of the following goods are carried, the emergency...
Where the goods UN 3245 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS are carried,...
Where dangerous goods are being carried in any container, tank...
(1) Notwithstanding paragraph 8, where a vehicle is carrying dangerous...
Paragraph 9(c) shall not apply in relation to any tank...
Where the size and construction of the vehicle are such...
Display of the telephone number
Subject to paragraph 16, where a vehicle is carrying a...
The telephone number shall consist of black digits of not...
Notwithstanding paragraphs 13 and 14, the telephone number may be...
Display of danger signs and subsidiary hazard signs
Where a vehicle is carrying dangerous goods in a tank...
Where the vehicle is carrying dangerous goods—
Interpretation
Nothing in paragraphs 17 to 19 shall require a danger...
Subject to paragraph 22, the danger signs and subsidiary hazard...
Display of hazard warning panels
General
Any orange-coloured panel, danger sign, subsidiary hazard sign or hazard...
Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes
Paragraph 3 shall not apply to any trailer carrying dangerous...
An orange-coloured panel conforming to Figure 1 shall be displayed...
(1) Where a vehicle is carrying only one of the...
(1) Where a vehicle is carrying only one of the...
Any orange-coloured panel required to be displayed in accordance with...
Any UN number or emergency action code required to be...
Gases
(1) Packages containing the goods ORGANIC PEROXIDES REQUIRING TEMPERATURE CONTROL—...
Toxic substances
(1) A vehicle which has been contaminated with any of...
Infectious substances
The following goods shall be loaded in tanks or in...
Corrosive substances
Vehicles intended to carry packages containing any of the following...
Miscellaneous dangerous goods
Where dangerous goods, other than genetically modified micro-organisms and any...
Flammable liquids
The provisions of paragraph 2 shall apply also to the...
Flammable solids
Packages containing any of the following goods shall be stored...
(1) Packages containing the goods SELF-REACTIVE SUBSTANCES REQUIRING TEMPERATURE CONTROL—...
Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
Oxidizing substances
Organic peroxides
Before delivery into any storage tank is begun, the competent...
The driver of a road tanker shall not commence any...
The competent person shall, during the whole time of a...
The driver of a road tanker shall ensure that, during...
During the whole time of a delivery of petrol from...
Both the driver and the competent person shall, during the...
The driver of a road tanker shall ensure that petrol...
When the driver of a road tanker has completed a...
(1) The licensee shall not use the Part III procedure...
The licensee or the competent person shall, before the commencement...
A driver of a road tanker who makes a delivery...
The supplier of the petrol shall keep the copy certificate...
It shall be sufficient compliance with paragraphs 10, 11(a), 19(1),...
In this Schedule— (a) “ullage” means the difference (expressed in...
(1) The licensee shall appoint a competent person over the...
The competent person shall be in charge of the storage...
Duties in relation to the approved documents
- Comply with approved documents for dangerous goods vehicles and tanks Operator
Method of dispatch and restrictions on forwarding
- Comply with Schedule 4 requirements for dangerous goods carriage Operator
Carriage in bulk
- Check column 8 and comply with bulk carriage rules Operator
Suitability of containers, tanks and vehicles
- Ensure containers, tanks and vehicles are suitable and maintained Operator
General requirements for carriage
- Do not carry dangerous goods without a consignor declaration Operator
Information to be provided by consignors
- Provide full dangerous goods safety information to your carrier before transport Any Person
Documentation to be provided by operators
- Provide Transport Documentation and emergency information for dangerous goods carriage Operator
Keeping of information by operators
- Keep transport documentation records for each dangerous goods journey Operator
Information to be displayed on containers, tanks and vehicles
- Display and maintain correct hazard information on vehicles carrying dangerous goods Operator
Prohibition of the carriage of certain mixed loads
- Do not carry explosive goods mixed with other dangerous goods unless safe Operator
Loading, stowage, unloading and cleaning of containers, tanks and vehicles
- Load, stow, unload and clean dangerous goods safely Operator
Equipment
- Equip your vehicle for driver emergency response, and provide respiratory protection for toxic gas loads Operator
Precautions against fire or explosion
- Equip your vehicle with the right fire extinguishers when carrying dangerous goods Operator
Supervision and parking of vehicles
- Supervise or securely park vehicles carrying dangerous goods Operator
Browse 16 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Application
Meaning of operator
Meaning of the Approved Carriage List and other approved documents
Carriage in tanks
Examination, testing and certification of tanks
Documentation to be available during carriage
Unloading of petrol at petroleum filling stations and certain other premises licensed for the keeping of petrol
Accidents and emergencies
Exemption certificates
Defence
International provisions
Transitional defence
Revocations
Amendment of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986
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