The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 1999

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 3AMENDMENTS TO THE PACKAGING OF EXPLOSIVES FOR CARRIAGE REGULATIONS 1991

1.  In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “the United Nations Recommendations”, substitute the following—

““the United Nations Recommendations” means the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (based on those originally prepared by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods considered by the Economic and Social Council at its twenty-third session (Resolution 645 G (XXIII) of 26th April 1957)) [Current Edition (1997): ISBN 92-1-139057 5], as revised or reissued from time to time and any reference in these Regulations to the United Nations Recommendations shall, for a period of 6 months after any revision or reissue, be a reference to either the document as it was immediately before that revision or reissue took effect or the document as revised or reissued.”.

2.  In regulation 3—

(a)for paragraph (2), substitute the following paragraph—

“(2) Regulations 7 to 9 and 11 shall not apply to explosives which are carried or consigned for carriage—

(a)between private premises and a vehicle in the immediate vicinity of those premises; or

(b)between one part of private premises and another part of those premises situated in the immediate vicinity of that first part, notwithstanding that those parts may be separated by a road.”; and

(b)for sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (4), substitute the following sub-paragraph—

“(d)the carriage of explosives which have not been classified under the 1983 Regulations or which have been allocated on classification the UN Number 0190 where—

(i)those explosives are not initiating explosives,

(ii)those explosives are a commercial sample or a sample for one or more of the following purposes, namely research and development, quality control, their testing or in connection with an application for their classification under the 1983 Regulations, and

(iii)the carriage is in accordance with such conditions as are approved in writing for the time being by the Health and Safety Executive or, in the case of military explosives, by the Secretary of State for Defence, for the purposes of this Regulation,

and in this sub-paragraph, “initiating explosives” means explosives intended solely to cause the detonation of other explosives;”.

3.  In paragraph (2) of regulation 13, for the words from “it is satisfied” to the end of the paragraph substitute “it is satisfied that the environment, the security of the explosives and the health and safety of persons who are likely to be affected by the exemption will not be prejudiced in consequence of it”.

4.  In column 3 of Schedule 1 Part I—

(a)in the entry corresponding to Item “(b)” in column 1, delete the words “or Substances”;

(b)in the entry corresponding to Item “(c)” in column 1 and Class and Division “1.4” in column 2, delete “B,”; and

(c)following the entry corresponding to Item “(c)” in column 1 and Class and Division “1.4” in column 2, add the words “Articles of B”.