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[Subsidiary]
dangerous goods
Storage of
in category 5,
class 3.
L.N. 40/73.
Conveyance of dangerous goods in category 5 on bicycles or tricycles. L.N. 40/73. L.N. 119/83.
Conveyance of dangerous goods in category 5, on vehicles. L.N. 40/73.
L.N. 119/83.
CAP. 295] Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations
[1983 Ed.
99A. (1) No person shall store in bulk in liquid form any dangerous goods in category 5, class 3, except in a tank which has been approved in writing by the Authority.
(2) Every application for approval in writing pursuant to paragraph (1) shall comply with the provisions of regulation 124.
(3) No approval in writing shall be granted by the Authority under paragraph (1) unless the conditions set out in regulation 125 are complied with.
100. (1) No dangerous goods in category 5 shall be conveyed on any pedal bicycle or on any motor cycle:
Provided that nothing in this regulation shall be taken to prevent the carriage of not more than 2 twenty-litre tins of kerosene at any one time on any cycle.
(2) No dangerous goods in category 5, class 1, shall be conveyed on any pedal tricycle or on any motor tricycle, unless the use therefor of such tricycle has been approved in writing by the Authority.
101. (1) No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, any mechanically propelled vehicle for the conveyance by road of any dangerous goods in category 5 in containers unless the use therefor of such vehicle has been approved in writing by the Authority.
(2) No approval in writing pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be granted by the Authority unless---
(a) the vehicle in respect of which the approval is required has a means of propulsion of a kind approved by the Authority, either generally or in the particular case;
(b) the engine, fuel tank, electric batteries and exhaust system of the vehicle is effectively screened from the load by a fire resisting shield projecting upwards above the topmost level of the load when the vehicle is fully loaded and downwards to a level not more than 300 mm from the ground;
(c) any fuel pipe forming part of a gravity feed system is fitted with a cut-off valve situated in a readily accessible position and clearly marked as such; and
(d) the vehicle is provided with such fire extinguishing equipment as the Authority may require.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), if the vehicle is fitted with a steel cab, the rear of such cab shall be deemed to constitute part of the fire resisting shield required by the provisions of that paragraph.
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