Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2018
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85 Consignors
(1) A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the load is not appropriately placarded.
(2) A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the placarding of the load is false or misleading in a material particular.
(3) A person must not consign goods for transport in or on a cargo transport unit that does not contain dangerous goods but that is placarded as if it was a placard load.
(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply if the placarding of the cargo transport unit complies with the requirements of the ICAO Technical Instructions or the IMDG Code with respect to the contents of the cargo transport unit.
(5) A person must not consign a load of dangerous goods (other than a placard load) for transport in or on a cargo transport unit if—
(a) the load is placarded; and
(b) the placarding is false or misleading in a material particular.