1983 Ed.]

Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations [CAP. 295

(a) the site of the store and the plan referred to in regulation 81 have been approved by him and the construction of the store conforms with the plan; and

(b) in the case of any part of the store intended for the storage of corrosive substances in liquid form, the flooring and walls are constructed of impervious brickwork, masonry or cement and so constructed as to retain, in the event of spillage, the total quantity of liquid stored therein.

83. (1) No person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, any dangerous goods in category 3 in any store together with any goods other than dangerous goods of that category.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), no person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, any substance specified in the first column of the table to this regulation together with any substance specified opposite thereto in the second column of the table in the same compartment or bunded space in any store.

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[Subsidiary]

Restriction on storage together of certain substances in stores.

TABLE

(1) (2) Acetic Anhydride Chlorosulphonic Acid Hydrobromic Acid Nitric Acid Hydrochloric Acid Perchloric Acid Hydrofluoric Acid Sulphuric Acid (concentrated or oleum) Perchloric Acid Nitric Acid Chlorosulphonic Acid Sulphuric Acid (concentrated or oleum)

84. (1) No person shall store or convey, or cause or permit to be stored or conveyed, any substance specified in the first column of the table to this regulation unless such substance is contained in main or inner packing, as the case may be, of a type specified for that substance in the second column of the table.

(2) No person shall fill any container, or cause or permit any container to be filled, with any substance specified in the first column of the table to this regulation to such an extent as to leave within the container less than the minimum air space or ullage specified in the third column of the table opposite the type of packing specified for that substance in the second column of the table.

(3) No person shall fill any container, or cause or permit any container to be filled, with any quantity of any substance specified in the first column of the table to this regulation greater than the maximum quantity or net weight thereof specified in the fourth column of the table opposite the type of packing specified for that substance in the second column of the table.

General provisions relating to storage, conveyance and packing of corrosive substances.

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