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Document ID (ISN)32793
CIS number 80-241
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Ministry of Transport.
Title Hazardous Substances (Labelling of Road Tankers) Regulations 1978.
Bibliographic information Statutory Instruments No.1702/1978. H.M. Stationery Office, P.O. Box 569, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom, 1978. 32p. Illus. Price: £0.70.
Abstract These regulations, dated 27 Nov. 1978 (effective 29 Mar. 1979), prescribe particulars to be displayed on single-load and multi-load road tankers (composition, position, maintenance and removal of hazard warning panels and compartment labels). Duties of consignor and of tanker operator; exemption certificates; enforcement; schedules: list of prescribed hazardous substances with substance identification numbers, emergency action codes and hazard warnings to be used with them; multi-load emergency action code; hazard warning signs; form and specification of hazard warning panels and compartment labels (illustrated).
Descriptors (primary) dangerous substances; United Kingdom; hazard identification; road transport; tank trucks
Descriptors (secondary) warning notices; law; replaced; danger symbols
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Road transportation