Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2018
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(1) A person who loads dangerous goods onto a vehicle for transport must ensure that the load is appropriately placarded, if the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, that the goods are a placard load.
(2) A person who loads a placard load onto a vehicle for transport must not placard the load with placarding that the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, is false or misleading in a material particular.
(3) A person who loads goods onto a vehicle for transport must not placard the load as if it was a placard load if the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, that the load does not contain dangerous goods.
(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply if the placarding of the load complies with the requirements of the ICAO Technical Instructions or the IMDG Code with respect to the contents of the load.
(5) A person who loads dangerous goods (other than a placard load) into or onto a cargo transport unit for transport in or on the unit must not placard the load with placarding that the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, is false or misleading in a material particular.