55Packages received

55 Packages received

(1) If an occupier of premises receives a package of dangerous goods and the packaging is marked or labelled in accordance with regulation 15, the occupier must ensure that, during the period in which the dangerous goods remain in the packaging—

(a) the packaging remains so marked; and

(b) the marking remains legible and is not removed, defaced or altered.

(2) If—

(a) the dangerous goods are removed from the packaging; and

(b) the packaging remains marked as it was when it was received—

the occupier referred to in subregulation (1) must ensure that the container forming part of the package is not used to contain dangerous goods other than dangerous goods of the type in the package when it was first received.