§ Mr. Hornerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in introducing 138W controls over the conveyance of dangerous substances by road.
§ Mr. EnnalsThe Inflammable Liquids (Conveyance by Road) Regulations, 1968 (No. 927) and the Inflammable Substances (Conveyance by Road) (Labelling) Regulations, 1968 (No. 928) have now been made and were laid before the House on 21st June.
The Regulations, which will come into operation on 1st October, 1968, prescribe certain basic safety precautions to be observed during the conveyance, loading and unloading of over 200 inflammable liquids, and require both vehicles and containers to be distinctly marked in a prescribed manner. Certain exemptions are provided if only small quantities of inflammable liquids are being carried, or if the receptacles concerned do not exceed a given size and are safely packed in a specified manner.
The substances concerned are those listed in the Petroleum (Inflammable Liquids) Order, 1968 (S.I., 1968; 570) together with petroleum spirit and carbon disulphide.