Conveyance and storage of ethyl chloro-
formato and
methyl
chloro-
formate.
Conveyance and storage of nickel carbonyl.
Conveyance and storage of glycerylis trinitratia.
Conveyance and dorogs of other
highly
inflammable or inflem- mable liquid.
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275. Ethyl chloroformate or methyl chloroformate shall not be conveyed or stored except when contained in a suitable glass or earthen. ware container having a capacity not exceeding-
(a) one gallon, packed together with effective absorbent material in a wooden case containing not more than six gallons of ethyl chloroformate or methyl chloroformate; or
(b) ten gallons, packed singly in-
(i) a wicker hamper fitted with a wicker bonnet; or (ii) a spout slatted crate lined with protective material and providing adequate protection for the neck of the container; or (ii) a strong iron hamper fitted with an iron bonnet lined with not less than half an inch of packing material, the whole being contained in a case, crate or hampers or
(iv) a wooden case together with protective material.
276. (1) Nickel carbonyl shall not be conveyed or stored excepl when contained in an iron or steel cylinder of a type approved by and maintained to the satisfaction of the Authority.
(2) Any container so used shall contain sufficient carbon monoxide of inert gas to fill at least ten per cent of the total capacity.
277. (1) Glycerylis trinitratis (solution in alcohol of nitroglycerine) shall not be conveyed or stored except when contained in a suitable glass container containing not more than one and a quarter pounds (five hundred grams) of such substance, fitted with a rubber stopper and securely sealed, and packed in a wooden case together with suf ficient inorganic material such as kieselguhr, clay or chalk to absorb all the liquid contained in the case in the event of leakage.
(2) Not more than five hundred grams of nitroglycerine shall be conveyed together or stored together in the same place.
278. Any highly inflammable or inflammable liquid other than the substances specified in regulations 271 to 277 inclusive shall not be conveyed or stored except when contained in-
(d) a suitable hermetically sealed glass or earthenware con tainer having a capacity not exceeding one gallon packed together with effective absorbent material in a wooden case containing not more than sixteen gallons of such highly in- flammable or inflammable liquid; or
(6) a suitable hermetically sealed tin or tobe having a capacity not exceeding one gallon packed in a wooden case containing not more than sixteen gallons of such highly inflammable or inflammable liquid; or
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(c) a suitable hermetically sealed metal container having a capa-
city not exceeding five gallons; or
(d) a suitable hermetically sealed steel or aluminium drum or steel barrel having a capacity not exceeding one hundred gallons; or
(e) any container of a type approved by the Authority or by the
Minister of Transport, London.
179. For ascertaining the flash point of any liquid or for testing any container for the presence of inflammable vapour, the test to be carried out shall be-
(a) the appropriate test prescribed by the Institute of Petroleum
or other appropriate test approved by the Authority;
(5) if no appropriate test has been so prescribed, such test as the
Government Chemist shall prescribe.
Tests for flash point or
presence of inflammable vapour,
280. (1) Any container shall contain sufficient air space to allow for General thermal expansion, and the percentage of such air space in relation to
provisiona relating to the total capacity of the container shall be not less than that specified storage, etc. for the particular substance contained therein in the second column of the table to this regulation.
(2) No substance specified in the first column of such table shall be carried on any unberthed passenger vessel unless such carriage is stated to be permitted in the third column of such table:
Provided that any such substance opposite to which appears the word "Separate" in the third column of such table may be so carried if separate and contained in a hermetically sealed container.
(3) Any substance specified in the first column of such table stored in quantity not exceeding that specified opposite thereto, if any, in the fourth column of such table shall be exempted from the operation of subsection (1) of section 5 of the Ordinance:
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply where the total quantity of all such substances of class 1 exceeds twenty-five gallons or where the total quantity of all such substances of class 2 exceeds fifty Fallona.
(4) The prescribed label or labels for any substance specified in the first column of such table shall be the label or labels in the Second Second Schedule, specified opposite thereto, if any, in the fifth column of such Schedule. table.
(5) No container containing a substance specified in the first column of such table shall be stored or conveyed together with any