101Port facility time limits

101 Port facility time limits

101 Port facility time limits

(1) The port facility time limit for the handling of a dangerous good at a port facility is the time limit specified in this section.

(2) A port facility time limit of 2 hours applies for—

(a) explosives of Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 or 1.6, and

(b) radioactive goods, other than low specific activity material.

(3) A port facility time limit of 12 hours applies for—

(a) containers packed with more than 500 kilograms of dangerous goods of a class, and packing group, if any, specified in the Table to this subsection, and

(b) explosives of Division 1.4, and

(c) low specific activity material, and

(d) restricted chemicals.

Table

| Class | Packing group | Description | | 2.1 | | Flammable gases, excluding UN 1950 and UN 2037 | | 2.3 | | Toxic gases | | 3 | PG I | Flammable liquids | | 4.1 | PG I | Flammable solids and desensitised explosives | | 4.2 | PG I | Substances liable to spontaneous combustion | | 4.3 | PG I | Substances, which in contact with water, emit flammable gases | | 5.1 | PG I | Oxidising substances | | 6.1 | PG I | Toxic substances | | 8 | PG I | Corrosive substances |

(4) There is no port facility time limit for containers under fumigation that do not contain other dangerous goods.

(5) The port facility time limit for other kinds of dangerous goods is—

(a) 120 hours, or

(b) the lesser or greater period specified in port guidelines or directions for the port.

(6) In this section—

low specific activity material has the same meaning as in the IMDG Code.