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Document ID (ISN)60684
CIS number 93-1082
ISBN(s) 0-11-015097-X
Year 1991
Convention or series no. Statutory Instruments 1991 No.2097
Title Health and Safety - The Packaging of Explosives for Carriage Regulations 1991 [United Kingdom]
Bibliographic information HMSO Books, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1991. 10p. Price: GBP 2.60.
Abstract These Regulations make new provisions for the safe packaging of explosives for carriage by all means of transport (except by air and sea). Packagings containing not more than 400kg of explosives must be packaged in accordance with United Nations Recommendations. Systems are established for the testing and marking of packagings.
Descriptors (primary) packing, filling; United Kingdom; road transport; rail transport; explosive substances
Descriptors (secondary) UN; law; replaced; marking
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) Fires, explosions and major hazards
Browse category(ies) Rail transportation
Road transportation