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Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulation (Northern Ireland) 1998

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Oxidizing substances (classification code 5.1)

4.—(1) Containers and wagons shall be thoroughly cleaned and in particular be free of any combustible debris before they are loaded with packages containing oxidizing substances.

(2) The use of straw or any other readily combustible material for stowing packages containing oxidizing substances is prohibited.

(3) Where flexible intermediate bulk containers are used for the carriage of any of the following goods—

  • UN 1442 AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE

  • UN 1450 BROMATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.

  • UN 1452 CALCIUM CHLORATE

  • UN 1455 CALCIUM PERCHLORATE

  • UN 1458 CHLORATE AND BORATE MIXTURES

  • UN 1459 CHLORATE AND MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE MIXTURE

  • UN 1461 CHLORATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.

  • UN 1473 MAGNESIUM BROMATE

  • UN 1475 MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE

  • UN 1481 PERCHLORATES, INORGANIC, N.O.S.

  • UN 1484 POTASSIUM BROMATE

  • UN 1485 POTASSIUM CHLORATE

  • UN 1489 POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE

  • UN 1494 SODIUM BROMATE

  • UN 1502 SODIUM PERCHLORATE

  • UN 1506 STRONTIUM CHLORATE

  • UN 1508 STRONTIUM PERCHLORATE

  • UN 1513 ZINC CHLORATE

  • UN 2427 POTASSIUM CHLORATE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION

  • UN 2429 CALCIUM CHLORATE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION

  • UN 2721 COPPER CHLORATE

  • UN 2723 MAGNESIUM CHLORATE

  • UN 3210 CHLORATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, N.O.S.

  • UN 3211 PERCHLORATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, N.O.S.

  • UN 3213 BROMATES, INORGANIC, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, N.O.S.

    (a)

    they shall be carried in—

    (i)

    a container,

    (ii)

    a closed wagon,

    (iii)

    a moveable-roof wagon, or

    (iv)

    an open wagon covered with an impermeable and non-combustible sheet; and

    (b)

    measures shall be taken to ensure that the goods cannot, in the event of a leak, come into contact with wood or any other combustible material.

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