The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996

Display of orange-coloured panels, UN numbers and emergency action codes

6.—(1) Where a vehicle is carrying only one of the dangerous goods listed in the Approved Carriage List in a tank—

(a)an orange-coloured panel conforming to figure 2 shall be displayed at the rear of the vehicle bearing the appropriate UN number and the appropriate emergency action code;

(b)an orange-coloured panel conforming to figure 2 shall be displayed on both sides of—

(i)the tank;

(ii)the frame of the tank, or

(iii)the vehicle, provided the panel is positioned immediately below the tank,

bearing the appropriate UN number and the appropriate emergency action code.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, where a vehicle is carrying a multi-load in tanks—

(a)an orange-coloured panel conforming to figure 3 shall be displayed at the rear of the vehicle, bearing the appropriate emergency action code;

(b)subject to paragraph (c) below, an orange-coloured panel shall be displayed on both sides of each tank or, where the relevant tank has more than one compartment, each compartment—

(i)at least one of which on each side conforms to figure 2, bearing the appropriate UN number and the appropriate emergency action code; and

(ii)the remainder of which conform to figure 4, bearing the appropriate UN number;

(c)notwithstanding paragraph (b) above, the orange-coloured panels may be displayed on both sides of the frame of each tank or on both sides of the vehicle, provided they are positioned immediately below the tank or tank compartment concerned.

(3) Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (2) above, where any of the following goods—

are being carried in a multi-compartment road tanker—

(a)sub-paragraph (1) above shall apply as though the road tanker were a vehicle carrying only one of these goods; and

(b)any reference in that sub-paragraph to the appropriate UN number and the appropriate emergency action code shall be deemed to be a reference to the UN number and the emergency action code for the most hazardous of the goods being carried.