The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 1996

means a vehicle which is owned by— and includes a vehicle which has been provided to the armed forces under any agreement or arrangement under which payments are, or are to be, made for the provision of the vehicle, including a conditional-sale agreement, a credit-sale agreement, a hire purchase agreement and a contract for sale;

means—

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means any mobile machinery which is constructed or adapted for use off road for the purpose of agriculture and which is primarily used for that purpose;

means any motor vehicle and its trailers which is constructed or adapted for use off road for the purpose of agriculture and which is primarily used for that purpose, not being a dual-purpose vehicle;

means any agricultural or forestry tractor or agricultural machinery;

includes horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, livestock breeding and keeping, forestry, the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, osier land or nursery grounds or for market gardening and the preparation of land for agricultural purposes;

means the list referred to in regulation 5(1)(a) as revised in accordance with regulation 5(2);

means the design referred to and described in regulation 11(2);

means the documents approved and published by the Health and Safety Commission in accordance with regulation 5(1) as revised in accordance with regulation 5(2);

means the document entitled “Approved Requirements and Test Methods for the Classification and Packaging of Dangerous Goods for Carriage” approved by the Health and Safety Commission under regulation 4(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations, as revised in accordance with regulation 4(2) of those Regulations;

means a person approved by a competent authority for the purpose of carrying out such functions in connection with the examination, testing and certification of tanks as shall be specified by the competent authority in the approval;

means the document referred to and described in regulation 5(1)(c), as revised in accordance with regulation 5(2);

means the document referred to and described in regulation 5(1)(b), as revised in accordance with regulation 5(2);

has the same meaning as in the Table contained in regulation 3(2) of the 1986 Regulations;

means road construction machinery built in as part of a road construction vehicle or permanently attached to it,

means carriage by road and shall be construed in accordance with regulation 2(8), and related words shall be construed accordingly;

means the same as “carrying tank” within the definition of “road tanker” in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means a vehicle having a body capable of being closed;

means a person or organisation in any country which is for the time being a competent authority for the purposes of— (a) approving persons to examine, test and certify tanks;

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) the person who, having a place of business in Great Britain, consigns, whether as principal or agent for another, dangerous goods for carriage;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means the maximum temperature at which certain dangerous goods can be safely carried as determined in accordance with the Approved Methods;

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means the designation for dangerous goods ascertained in accordance with regulation 5(4)(a) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in the Table contained in regulation 3(2) of the 1986 Regulations;

means the code required to be displayed on tanks and vehicles which are being used for the carriage of certain dangerous goods, ascertained in accordance with the Approved Carriage List;

means the information referred to in regulation 14(3)(e) and described in regulation 14(4);

means the temperature, determined in accordance with the approved Methods, at which the safety measures for certain dangerous goods shall be set in motion;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it by section 38(1) of the Fire Services Act 1947;

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means food within the meaning of section 1(1) and (2) of the Food Safety Act 1990;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it by section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988;

means the panel referred to in paragraph 22, and depicted in figure 5, of Schedule 10;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means a vehicle used for the purpose of delivering aircraft fuel from any hydrant situated at an aircraft loading position to the aircraft and to which there may be structurally attached metering equipment, filters, pipe-work, hoses and a pump.

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means a container having an internal volume of more than 3 cubic metres (m3);

has the same meaning as in the Table contained in regulation 3(2) of the 1986 Regulations;

means a load consisting of two or more dangerous goods carried other than in packages in— (a) separate containers or tanks;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means a vehicle, the platform of which has no superstructure or is merely provided with sideboards and a tailboard;

means the operator of any container, tank, or vehicle used for the carriage of dangerous goods and shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4;

means that colour which has the same colour and luminance properties as that of an orange-coloured panel;

means a reflectorised panel having the same colour and luminance properties as those specified in relation to orange-coloured plates in marginal 10 500(1) of ADR;

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means dangerous goods whose designation includes the phrase “organic peroxide type b” or the phrase “organic peroxide type c”, when classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means filled beyond a safe level.

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations and any reference to “packing group” followed by “I”, “II” or “III”, in relation to certain dangerous goods, means the particular packing group for those goods ascertained in accordance with regulation 5 of those Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in section 16(15) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, “plant protection product” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 and “wood preservative” means a pesticide for preserving wood;

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

means any premises or place used or intended to be used by way of trade or for purposes of gain for fuelling motor vehicles with petroleum, and includes any building, advertisement, pump or other apparatus in, or used in connection with, any such premises or place;

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

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the Plant Protection Products Regulations 1995 and “wood preservative” means a pesticide for preserving wood;

means the temperature specified by the operator of the container, tank or vehicle in which certain dangerous goods are being carried which does not exceed the control temperature and which avoids dangerous separation of phases;

means a tank container or the carrying tank of a road tanker which is— (a) used or intended to be used for the carriage of dangerous goods— (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;

has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means any conveyance which is used for the carriage of dangerous goods by rail;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means one of the risk groups referred to in the Approved Methods to which infectious substances are assigned and any reference to a risk group followed by a number means the specific risk group to which an infectious substance has been assigned in accordance with the said Approved Methods;

has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means a machine or contrivance suitable for the repair and construction of roads, and

means a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage of built-in road construction machinery and not constructed or adapted for the carriage of any other load, except articles and materials used for the purposes of that machinery.

has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means dangerous goods whose designation includes the phrase “self-reactive” when classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means dangerous goods whose designation includes the phrase “self-reactive substance type b” or the phrase “self-reactive substance type c”, when classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the same meaning as in the Table contained in regulation 3(2) of the 1986 Regulations;

means an open vehicle provided with a sheet to protect the load;

means a container having an internal volume of not more than 3 m3;

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means a tank used or intended to be used solely for the storage of dangerous goods;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means an inspection of such premises, equipment and documents and the making of such enquiries as the person carrying out the inspection thinks appropriate for the purpose of verifying compliance by an approved person with regulation 11(11);

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means dangerous goods whose designation includes the phrase “temperature controlled”, when classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986;

means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996;

means Council Directive 94/55/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road;

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;

means the total amount of dangerous goods, other than those goods which fall within transport category 4, being carried, expressed in the form of a number, which number shall be calculated by adding together—

means the total amount of dangerous goods, other than those goods which fall within transport category 4, being carried in packages, expressed in the form of a number, which number shall be calculated by adding together the mass or volume of each package whose mass or volume exceeds the number specified in column 2 of Table 2 in Schedule 1 opposite the entry in column 1 of that Table for the transport category of the goods contained in the package concerned;

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means dangerous goods which, in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations, are either classified as “toxic gas”, “toxic substance” or have the subsidiary hazard “toxic”;

means dangerous goods so classified in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;

has the same meaning as in the Table contained in regulation 3(2) of the 1986 Regulations;

means one of the categories specified in column 2 of Table 1 in Schedule 1 for the dangerous goods shown in the corresponding entry in column 1 of that Table and any reference to transport category followed by a number is a reference to the transport category so numbered in that Table;

means the documentation referred to in regulation 14(2) and described in regulation 14(3);

has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2(1) of the CDGCPL Regulations;

means a group of transportable pressure receptacles 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 transportable pressure receptacle 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 any conveyance used for the carriage of goods by road;

means those persons authorised by the operator to be on board the vehicle.

means a tank or prover pipe with a capacity not exceeding 10 m3 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;

means a pesticide for preserving wood;