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[Subsidiary]

First Schedule.

CAP. 295] Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations

[1983 Ed.

(2) No person shall use any cylinder to contain any gas specified in the first column of the table to this regulation or store or convey any such gas in any cylinder unless the cylinder bears the label or labels prescribed in the First Schedule indicated by the letter or letters appearing in the third column of the table to this regulation opposite the name of such gas, subject to such variation in size and shape as the Authority may approve.

(3) No cylinder containing any gas specified in the first column of the table to this regulation shall be stored together with any goods other than dangerous goods in category 2:

Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply to the storage of any gas in any quantity not exceeding that specified in the second column of the table.

(4) No person shall store, or cause or permit to be stored, any cylinder containing any gas specified in the first column of the table to this regulation-

(a) otherwise than in a cool place and protected from the

direct rays of the sun or other direct source of heat;

(b) above or nearer than 600 mm from any gas or other

burner, whether connected therewith or not;

(c) except when stored under licence in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance and these regulations other- wise than resting on the floor of any premises or on the ground or on a stand constructed to the satisfaction of the Authority and resting on the floor or on the ground;

(d) in any common passageway, stairway or doorway; (e) below ground level, except with the permission in writing

of the Authority; or

(ƒ) in any place which is not provided with adequate low level

ventilation.

L.N. 119/83.

TABLE

Note: In this table quantities of gas expressed in litres refer to the measurement of the

gas in a liquid state.

Gas

Quantity for which licence not required

(2)

Label

(3)

(1)

Class I-Permanent gases

Air

2 cylinders

Argon

1 cylinder

Boron Trifluoride

Carbon Monoxide

Coal Gas

Fluorine

DI

B3 and D1

B3 and DI

DI

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