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EXPLOSIVES AND DANGEROUS GOODS (DANGEROUS GOODS HANDLING AND STORAGE) REGULATIONS 1992 - REG 4.33

4.33 .         Segregation of dangerous goods within premises

        (1)         Subject to this regulation and regulation 4.34, where more than one class of dangerous goods is stored in packages on any premises, the dangerous goods shall be segregated in accordance with Table 5.

        (2)         If any dangerous goods have a subsidiary risk then the goods shall be segregated in accordance with Table 5 both in respect of the Class number and the subsidiary risk number of those goods.

        (3)         This regulation does not prevent the storage in a depot of dangerous goods that are all of the same kind.

        (4)         For the purposes of subregulation (1) and Table 5, combustible liquids shall be treated as if they were dangerous goods of Class 3.

Table 5

Segregation of dangerous goods


Class or subsidiary risk

2.1

2.2

2.3

3

4.1

4.2
S

4.2
L

4.3

5.1
S

5.1
L

5.2

6.1
S

6.1
L

6.2

7

8
S

8
L

9*

Food stuffs

Explosives

1

REFER TO Explosives Regulations 1963

Compressed Gases

2.1

0

1

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

3

X

X

3

X

3

3


2.2

1

0

0

3

3

X

X

X

1

1

3

0

0

X

X

3

X

1

3


2.3

3

0

0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

0

0

X

X

3

X

3

X

Flammable Liquids

3

X

3

X

0

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

3

X

X

1

3

3

3

Flammable Solids

4.1

X

3

X

3

0

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

3

X

X

1

1

1

1

Spontaneous

4.2 S

X

X

X

X

X

0

1

X

X

X

X

3

3

X

X

1

1

1

3

Combustible

4.2 L

X

X

X

X

X

1

0

X

X

X

X

3

3

X

X

1

1

3

3

Dangerous When  Wet

4.3

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

0

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Oxidisers

5.1 S

X

1

X

X

X

X

X

X

0

1

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

X


5.1 L

X

1

X

X

X

X

X

X

1

0

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

X

Organic Peroxides

5.2

X

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

3

0

X

X

X

X

X

X

3

X

Poisonous &

6.1 S

3

0

0

3

3

3

3

X

X

X

X

0

1

X

X

1

3

3

X

 Infectious

6.1 L

3

0

0

3

3

3

3

X

X

X

X

1

0

X

X

3

1

3

X

 Substances

6.2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

0

X

X

X

X

X

Radioactives

7

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

0

X

X

X

X

Corrosives

8 S

3

3

3

1

1

1

1

X

X

X

X

1

3

X

X

0

1

3

X


8 L

X

X

X

3

1

1

1

X

X

X

X

3

1

X

X

1

0

3

X

Miscellaneous

9*

3

1

3

3

1

1

3

X

3

3

3

3

3

X

X

3

3

0

X


Food stuffs

3

3

X

3

1

3

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

0

*         Aerosols which are flammable, toxic or corrosive shall be segregated as Class 2.1, Class 6.1 or Class 8, respectively.

        Notes

        L —          Substances which are liquids.

        S —          substances which are solids.

        0 —          No general segregation required.
[Substances should be stored according to hazards — see Reg. 4.34].

        1 —          Segregate by a distance of at least 1 metre;

        3 —          Segregate by a distance of at least 3 metres;

        X —          Segregate in separate depots that are at least 5 metres apart or segregate by a distance of a least 5 metres with the use of a screen wall.

        [Regulation 4.33 amended in Gazette 8 Jun 1999 p. 2500; 20 Jul 1999 p. 3248.]



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