Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018
sec.16Meaning of intermediate bulk container
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sec.16 Meaning of intermediate bulk container
Intermediate bulk container means a rigid or flexible portable packaging for the transport of dangerous goods that complies with the requirements of chapter 6.5 of the ADG Code and that— has a capacity of not more than— for solids of packing group I packed in a composite, fibreboard, flexible, wooden, or rigid plastics container—1,500L; or for solids of packing group I packed in a metal container—3,000L; or for solids or liquids of packing groups II and III—3,000L; and is designed for mechanical handling. However, rigid or flexible portable packaging complying with the requirements of chapter 6.1 , 6.3 or 6.6 of the ADG Code is not an intermediate bulk container. (sec.16-ssec.1) Intermediate bulk container means a rigid or flexible portable packaging for the transport of dangerous goods that complies with the requirements of chapter 6.5 of the ADG Code and that— has a capacity of not more than— for solids of packing group I packed in a composite, fibreboard, flexible, wooden, or rigid plastics container—1,500L; or for solids of packing group I packed in a metal container—3,000L; or for solids or liquids of packing groups II and III—3,000L; and is designed for mechanical handling. (sec.16-ssec.2) However, rigid or flexible portable packaging complying with the requirements of chapter 6.1 , 6.3 or 6.6 of the ADG Code is not an intermediate bulk container.
- (a) has a capacity of not more than— (i) for solids of packing group I packed in a composite, fibreboard, flexible, wooden, or rigid plastics container—1,500L; or (ii) for solids of packing group I packed in a metal container—3,000L; or (iii) for solids or liquids of packing groups II and III—3,000L; and
- (i) for solids of packing group I packed in a composite, fibreboard, flexible, wooden, or rigid plastics container—1,500L; or
- (ii) for solids of packing group I packed in a metal container—3,000L; or
- (iii) for solids or liquids of packing groups II and III—3,000L; and
- (b) is designed for mechanical handling.
- (i) for solids of packing group I packed in a composite, fibreboard, flexible, wooden, or rigid plastics container—1,500L; or
- (ii) for solids of packing group I packed in a metal container—3,000L; or
- (iii) for solids or liquids of packing groups II and III—3,000L; and