The Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations 1992

means the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road signed at Geneva on 30th September 1957, as revised or re-issued from time to time;

means the list referred to in regulation 4(1), as revised from time to time in accordance with regulation 4(2);

has the same meaning as in regulation 3(1) of the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988.

means carriage arising out of or in connection with work and shall be construed in accordance with regulations 2(2)(b) and 3(2);

means— (a) (in relation to a dangerous substance which is listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list) the classification which is specified in the correspond ing entry in Column 4 of that Part;

means a competent individual person (other than an employee) or a competent body of persons corporate or unincorporate, and accordingly any reference in the provisions referred to in this paragraph to a competent person performing a function includes a reference to his performing it through his employees.

means a computer system including its software;

means a country which is a signatory to ADR;

means any substance (including any preparation or other mixture), being either— (a) a substance which is listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list and which has one or more of the characteristic properties specified in Column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 (other than when it is carried at such dilution that a risk to the health or safety of any person is not created by that carriage);

means, in relation to a dangerous substance which is listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list, the emergency action code for that substance which is specified in the corresponding entry in Column 3 of that Part, and “multi-load emergency action code” means, in relation to a multi-load, the multi-load emergency action code for such a load ascertained in accordance with Part IIB of the approved list;

has the same meaning as in section 38(1) of the Fire Services Act 1947;

has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Classification Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Substances Regulations 1984;

has the meaning assigned thereto by section 68(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

means a panel required to be displayed on a road tanker or tank container in accordance with regulation 18 or 19 or which may be displayed on a tank container in accordance with regulation 21(5)(b);

means a weather-resistant label required to be displayed on a road tanker or tank container in accordance with regulation 20;

has the same meaning as in the Table contained in regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986;

means a load consisting of two or more dangerous substances in— (a) separate uncompartmented carrying tanks of a road tanker;

means, in relation to a multi-load, the multi-load emergency action code for such a load ascertained in accordance with Part IIB of the approved list;

means, in relation to a tank or compartment of a tank, that as much of the dangerous substance which it contained as it was reasonably practicable to discharge from it has been so discharged.

means the operator of any road tanker, tank container or vehicle carrying a tank container (in each case used for the carriage of any dangerous substance) and shall be construed in accordance with regulation 5;

means petroleum-spirit (within the meaning given to that phrase by section 23 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928) intended to be used as fuel for motor vehicles, motor vessels or aircraft;

means a petroleum filling station within the meaning of section 23 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928;

includes petrol, kerosene, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas;

has the same meaning as in section 23 of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928.

means a tank container or the tank of a road tanker which is— (a) used or intended to be used for the carriage of a dangerous substance— (a) at a pressure of more than 500 millibar above or below atmospheric pressure, or (ii) at a pressure of 500 millibar or less above atmospheric pressure if that pressure is maintained by artificial means and would rise above it if such means were no longer employed;

means any place where goods are loaded onto or unloaded from rail wagons.

means the Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail which are specified in Annex I to the Uniform Rules concerning the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail (“CIM”), which Rules form Appendix B to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail, as revised or re-issued from time to time (“COTIF”);

means— (a) as respects England and Wales, a road within the meaning of section 192(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988;

means a goods vehicle within the meaning of section 92 of the Transport Act 1968 which has a tank (in these Regulations referred to as a “carrying tank”) which is— (a) attached to the frame of the vehicle (whether structurally or otherwise) and (except when empty) is not intended to be removed from the vehicle;

has the same meaning as in the Table contained in regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986;

means a load consisting of only one dangerous substance (whether or not a substance which is not a dangerous substance is being carried at the same time);

means, in relation to a dangerous substance which is listed in Column 1 of Part I of the approved list, the substance identification number for that substance which is specified in the corresponding entry in Column 2 of that Part;

means a tank which is— (a) used for the carriage of a liquid, gaseous, powdery or granular material or a sludge, in bulk;

means a tank, whether or not divided into separate compartments, having a total capacity of more than 3 cubic metres (other than the carrying tank of a road tanker) and includes a tube container;

means the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code issued by the International Maritime Organisation as revised or re-issued from time to time;

means the local authority empowered to grant petroleum-spirit licences under the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 for the petroleum filling station or other premises concerned;

has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Carriage of Explosives) Regulations 1989;

means a group of gas cylinders connected together with a total capacity greater than 3 cubic metres, fitted into a framework suitable for lifting on or off a vehicle and intended to be used for the carriage of compressed gases;

means a trailer which has more than one gas cylinder structurally attached to, or forming part of, the trailer and which is intended to be used for the carriage of compressed gases;

means the difference (expressed in litres) between the maximum working capacity of a storage tank and the quantity of petrol in it at any given time.

means a tank or prover pipe with a capacity not exceeding 10 cubic metres intended to be used for the calibration of metering equipment or the measurement of petroleum fuel deliveries and which is structurally attached to, or is an integral part of, the frame of a vehicle.