The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable
Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009 (the 2009 Regulations) came
into force on 1 July 2009. These implement the European Directive
on the Inland Transport of Dangerous Goods, 2008/68EC (the
Dangerous Goods Directive) by transposing it into national law. The
2009 Regulations regulate the carriage of dangerous goods by road
and rail in the UK, and the training, examination and issuing of
vocational training certificates to safety advisers for inland
waterways.
The 2009 Regulations also apply the various Annexes to the
European Agreements concerning the International Carriage of
Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), the International Carriage of
Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) and the International Carriage of
Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterway (ADN) (although it should be
noted that ADN is only applied by the 2009 Regulations in respect
of safety adviser qualifications, since the inland waterways of
Great Britain do not
