14.—(1) The operator of any container, tank container, tank wagon, wagon or train which is being used for the carriage of dangerous goods shall ensure that information concerning those goods is displayed on the container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon concerned in accordance with Schedule 5.
(2) A person shall not cause or permit any of the information referred to in Schedule 5 to be displayed on any container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon concerning any dangerous goods which are no longer being carried therein.
(3) A person shall not cause or permit any information to be displayed on a container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon which would be likely to confuse the emergency services when read in conjunction with any information displayed in accordance with Schedule 5.
(4) Nothing in these Regulations or in any of the approved documents shall prevent the display of information on any container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon, in addition to the information required to be displayed in accordance with Schedule 5, concerning any dangerous goods which are being carried therein, provided such information is not displayed on orange-coloured panels.
(5) The operator of any container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon which is being used for the carriage of dangerous goods shall ensure that any danger sign, hazard warning panel, orange-coloured panel or subsidiary hazard sign affixed thereto in accordance with Schedule 5 is clean and free from obstruction when the container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon concerned is handed over to the train operator.
(6) An operator of a train shall not cause or permit to be carried therein any dangerous goods in a container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon unless he has taken all reasonable steps to ensure that information concerning those goods is displayed on the container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon concerned in accordance with Schedule 5.
(7) The operator of any train which is being used for the carriage of dangerous goods in a container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that any danger sign, hazard warning panel, orange-coloured panel and subsidiary hazard sign affixed thereto in accordance with Schedule 5 is kept clean and free from obstruction until the container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon concerned is handed over to the consignee.
(8) A person shall not—
(a)remove any danger sign, hazard warning panel, orange-coloured panel or subsidiary hazard sign affixed in accordance with Schedule 5 from a container, tank container, tank wagon or wagon which is being used for the carriage of dangerous goods, except for the purpose of updating the information thereon;
(b)falsify any of the information on such a panel or sign.