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Civil Aviation: Subsidiary Legislation - Civil Aviation Dangerous Goods Regulations

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22.     Shippers responsibilities

            A shipper shall, before consigning any dangerous goods for carriage by air, ensure that-

     (a)     the goods are not the type forbidden for carriage by under Part 1 of the Technical Instructions;

     (b)     if the goods the type forbidden for carriage by air without approval, all such approvals are obtained from the Authority where the Technical Instructions indicate that it is the responsibility of the shipper to obtain them;

     (c)     the goods are classified in accordance with classification criteria contained in Part 2 of the Technical Instructions;

     (d)     the goods are packed in accordance with Part 1, Part 2, Chapters 2 and 3, Part 3 and Part 4 of Technical Instructions, and the packaging used is in accordance with these provisions and Part 6 of the Technical Instructions as applicable to those goods;

     (e)     the package is marked and labelled in English in addition to any other language required by the State of Origin as specified for those goods under Part 3, Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 5 and Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the Technical Instructions;

     (f)      the package is in a fit condition for carriage by air; and

     (g)     when one or more packages are placed in an overpack, the overpack only contains packages of goods permissible to be carried by Part 5 of the Technical Instructions and the overpack is marked and labelled in accordance with Part 5 of the Technical Instructions.

23.     Dangerous goods transport document

            (1) A shipper shall, before consigning any dangerous goods for carriage by air, ensure that the dangerous goods transport document-

     (a)     is completed in English in addition to any other language required by the State of Origin in accordance with Part 5 of the Technical Instructions; and

     (b)     contains a declaration signed by or on behalf of the shipper in Form 6 set out in Schedule 1, stating that the Technical Instructions have been complied with and that the dangerous goods are-

           (i)       fully and accurately described,

          (ii)       correctly classified, packed, marked and labelled, and (iii) in proper condition for carriage by air.

            (2) A shipper shall ensure that an operator of the aircraft is furnished with the dangerous goods transport document required by subregulation (1) and such other documents in respect of dangerous goods as are required by Part 4 and Part 5 of the Technical Instructions.

24.     Provision of training

            A shipper and any agent thereof shall ensure that before consignment of dangerous goods is offered to him or her for carriage by air, any person involved in its preparation has received training as specified in Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Technical Instructions, to enable the person to carry out their responsibilities with regard to carriage of dangerous goods by air.