13Meaning of “bulk container”

13 Meaning of “bulk container”

13 Meaning of “bulk container”

(1) A bulk container is a system for containing solid substances, including any liner or coating that—

(a) is designed for transporting solid substances, which are in direct contact with the system, and

(b) is of a permanent character suitable for repeated use, and

(c) is designed to facilitate the transport of solid substances by one or more modes of transport, without the need for the substances to be unloaded and reloaded when transferred from one mode to another, and

(d) is fitted with devices that permit ready handling, and

(e) has a capacity of not less than 1m3.

Examples—

Freight containers, offshore bulk containers, skips, bulk bins, swap bodies, trough-shaped containers, roller containers, load compartments of vehicles and flexible containers are bulk containers.

(2) However, an IBC, large packaging or a portable tank is not a bulk container.

s 13: Subst 2023 (293), Sch 1[1].