83Meaning of *placard load*

83 Meaning of *placard load*

(1) A load that contains dangerous goods is a placard load if—

(a) it contains—

(i) dangerous goods in a receptacle, other than an article, with a capacity of more than 500 litres; or

(ii) more than 500 kilograms of dangerous goods in a receptacle, other than an article; or

Reg. 83(1)(b) amended by S.R. No. 27/2021 reg. 10(1).

(b) it contains an aggregate quantity of dangerous goods of 250 or more (other than specified goods) and those goods include—

(i) dangerous goods of UN Division 2.1 that are not aerosols; or

(ii) dangerous goods of UN Division 2.3; or

(iii) dangerous goods of Packing Group I; or

Reg. 83(1)(c) amended by S.R. No. 27/2021 reg. 10(2).

(c) it contains an aggregate quantity of dangerous goods of 1000 or more (other than specified goods).

Article is defined in regulation 5.

Reg. 83(2) substituted by S.R. No. 27/2021 reg. 10(3).

(2) A load that contains dangerous goods is also a placard load if it contains specified goods and—

(a) the specified goods include an aggregate quantity of 2000 or more of any one UN Number from a single place of consignment; or

(b) the total gross mass of the specified goods is 8 tonnes or more.

This subregulation applies separately and in addition to subregulation (1). See Table 5.3 of the ADG Code.

Reg. 83(3) inserted by S.R. No. 27/2021 reg. 10(3).

(3) A load that contains dangerous goods, and that is not otherwise a placard load under subregulation (1) or (2), is a placard load if it meets the following conditions—

(a) the load contains a mixture of specified goods and other dangerous goods;

(b) the following combined quantity calculation applies—

(i) if the load contains dangerous goods referred to in subregulation (1)(b)(i), (ii) or (iii)—the aggregate quantity of those goods, plus 10% of the total gross mass of the specified goods, is 250 or more;

(ii) otherwise—the aggregate quantity of dangerous goods that are not specified goods, plus 25% of the total gross mass of the specified goods, is 1000 or more.

Reg. 83(4) inserted by S.R. No. 27/2021 reg. 10(3).

(4) In this regulation—

specified goods means—