Goods by Road) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

L.N. 226 of 2011

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE

(CAP. 65)

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Motor Vehicles (Carriage of Dangerous

Goods by Road) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54 of the

Traffic Regulation Ordinance and article 43 of the Authority for

Transport in Malta Act, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport

and Communications has, after consultation with the Authority for

Transport in Malta, made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Motor Vehicles Title.

(Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2011, and shall be read and construed as one with

the Motor Vehicles (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road)

Regulations, 2003, hereinafter referred to as “the principal L.N. 211 of 2003.

regulations”.

For sub-regulation (1) of regulation 3 of the principal

regulations, there shall be substituted the following

“(1) Without prejudice to regulations 6 and 7,

dangerous goods the transport of which is prohibited by

Annex A and Annex B to the ADR, as applicable with effect

from the 1st January, 2011, shall not be transported by road.”.

For the Sixth Schedule to the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

B

“SIXTH SCHEDULE

(Regulation 23)

CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL FOR VEHICLES CARRYING

CERTAIN DANGEROUS GOODS

The certificate of approval shall have the same layout as the model below. Its dimensions shall be 210

mm x 297 mm (format A4). Both front and back may be used. The colour shall be white, with a pink

diagonal stripe. The certificate of approval for a vacuum-operated waste tank-vehicle shall bear the

following remark: “vacuum-operated waste tank-vehicle”.

CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL FOR VEHICLES

CARRYING CERTAIN DANGEROUS GOODS

This certificate testifies that the vehicle specified below fulfils the conditions prescribed by the European

Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR).

1. Certificate No

2. Vehicle manufacturer

3. Vehicle Identification No

Registration number (if any)

Name and business address of carrier, operator or owner

Description of vehicle: 1

Vehicle designation(s) according to 9.1.1.2 of ADR: 2

EX/II

EX/III

FL

OX

AT

MEMU

Endurance braking system: 3

! Not applicable

! The effectiveness according to 9.2.3.1.2 of ADR is sufficient for a total mass of the transport unit of ____t 4

Description of the fixed tank(s) battery-vehicle (if any)

9.1 Manufacturer of the tank

9.2 Approval number of the tank/battery-vehicle

9.3 Tank manufacturer's serial number/Identification of elements of battery-vehicle

9.4 Year of manufacture

9.5 Tank code according to 4.3.3.1 or 4.3.4.1 of ADR

9.6 Special provisions TC and TE according to 6.8.4 of ADR (if applicable) 6

Dangerous goods authorized for carriage

The vehicle fulfils the conditions required for the carriage of dangerous goods assigned to the vehicle

designation (s) in No. 7.

10.1 In the case of an EX/II ! goods of Class 1 including compatibility group J

or EX/III vehicle 3

! goods of Class 1 excluding compatibility group J

10.2 In the case of a tank-vehicle/battery-vehicle 3

! only the substances permitted under the tank code and any special provisions specified in No. 9 may be

carried 5

or

! only the following substances (Class, UN number, and if necessary packing group and proper

shipping name) may be carried

Only substances which are not liable to react dangerously with the materials of the shell, gaskets, equipment

and protective linings (if applicable) may be carried.

Remarks

Stamp of issuing service

Valid until

Place, Date, Signature

According to the definitions for power-driven vehicles and for trailers of categories N and O as defined in Annex 7 of the

Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) or in Directive 97/27/EC.

2 Strike out what is not appropriate.

3 Mark where appropriate.

4 Enter appropriate value. A value of 44t will not limit the “registration / in-service maximum permissible mass”

indicated in the registration document(s).

and protective linings (if applicable) may be carried.

11. Remarks

Stamp of issuing service

12. Valid until

B

According to the definitions for power-driven vehicles and for trailers of categories N and O as defined in Annex 7 of the

Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) or in Directive 97/27/EC.

2 Strike out what is not appropriate.

3 Mark where appropriate.

4 Enter appropriate value. A value of 44t will not limit the “registration / in-service maximum permissible mass”

indicated in the registration document(s).

5 Substances assigned to the tank code specified in No. 9 or to another tank code permitted under the hierarchy in 4.3.3.1.2 or

4.3.4.1.2, taking account of the special provision(s), if any.

6, Not required when the authorised substances are listed in No. 10.2

Extensions of validity

Validity extended until

Stamp of issuing service, place, date, signature

NOTE: This certificate shall be returned to the issuing service when the vehicle is taken out of service: if the vehicle is

transferred to another carrier, operator or owner, as specified in No. 5; on expiry of the validity of the certificate;

and if there is a material change in one or more essential characteristics of the vehicle. ”.

For the Seventh Schedule to the principal regulations there shall be Substitutes the

4.

4. For the

the following

Seventh Schedule to the principal regulations Substitutes

the

Seventh

substituted

Seventh

Schedule

there shall be substituted the following

Schedule

to the

to the

principal

principal

regulations.

regulations.

B

“SEVENTH SCHEDULE

(Regulation 25)

Model for the training certificate for drivers of vehicles

carrying dangerous goods

ADR DRIVER TRAINING CERTIFICATE

**

1. (CERTIFICATE No.)*

2. (SURNAME)*

3. (OTHER NAME(S))*

Front

(Insert

4. (DATE OF BIRTH dd/mm/yyyy)*

driver photograph)

5. (NATIONALITY)*

*

6. (DRIVER SIGNATURE)*

7. (ISSUING BODY)*

8. VALID TO: (dd/mm/yyyy)*

VALID FOR CLASS(ES) OR UN Nos.

TANKS

OTHER THAN TANKS

Back

9. (Enter Class

10. (Enter Class

or UN Number(s))*

or UN Number(s))*

!

!

"!#$%&'($!)*$!)$+)!,-)*!'%%./%.-')$!0')'1!

** Distinguishing sign used on vehicles in international traffic (for Parties to the 1968 Convention on Road

Traffic or the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic, as notified to the Secretary General of the United Nations in

accordance with respectively article 45(4) or Annex 4 of these conventions).”.

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