Sch 4Placarding requirements

Schedule 4—Placarding requirements

Regulations 46 and 47(3)

1 Outer warning placard

(1) The outer warning placard required by regulation 46 must have—

(a) the form shown in Figure 1; and

(b) dimensions not less than those shown in Figure 1.

(2) The placard must display the word "HAZCHEM" in red letters not less than 100 mm high and of the style shown in Figure 1, on a white or silver background.

(3) For the purposes of subclause (2), red means the colour Signal Red in accordance with AS 2700S:2011 (R13).

Figure 1—Form and dimensions of an outer warning placard

2 Placard for dangerous goods in bulk of UN Class 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 8 or 9

(1) Subject to clause 3(5), the placard required by regulation 47 for dangerous goods in bulk of UN Class 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 8 or 9 must have—

(a) the form shown in Figure 2; and

(b) dimensions not less than those shown in Figure 2.

(2) The placard must contain the following information—

(a) in space (p) in Figure 2, the proper shipping name;

(b) in space (q) in Figure 2, the UN Number;

(c) in space (r) in Figure 2, the Hazchem Code for the dangerous goods specified in the ADG Code;

(d) in space (s) in Figure 2, the Class label and Subsidiary Hazard label, if any.

(3) For the purposes of subclause (2)(d)—

(a) the Class label and the Subsidiary Hazard label, if any, must have the form and colouring specified in the ADG Code; and

(b) if there is more than one Subsidiary Hazard label, the width of the right hand portion of the placard may be extended.

3 Placard for dangerous goods in bulk that are goods too dangerous to be transported

(1) The placard required by regulation 47 for dangerous goods in bulk that are goods too dangerous to be transported must have—

(a) the form shown in Figure 2; and

(b) dimensions not less than those shown in Figure 2.

(2) The placard must contain the following information—

(a) in space (p) in Figure 2, the name for the goods specified in Appendix A of the ADG Code;

(b) in space (s) in Figure 2, the label specified in Figure 4.

(3) The placard must be left blank in space (q) and in space (r) in Figure 2.

Figure 2—Template for a placard for dangerous goods (other than C1 combustible liquids) in bulk