22 Jul HSA Public Consultation
Public Consultation on Proposed Changes to Dangerous Goods Transport Regulations
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) invites submissions from interested parties to a public consultation on proposed draft amends to the European Communities (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations), 2011, (S.I. No. 349 of 2011) as amended.
The proposed draft amends aim to update the existing regulations for the inspection of national tanks for the transport of dangerous goods.
Key Proposed Changes:
- The removal of the current exemption for national fuel tanks to undergo hydraulic testing.
- The removal of tanks deemed unfit for use from service.
- The introduction of new requirements for competent persons and national tanks regarding the documentation of test procedures, retention of tank records, the issuing of certification forms and the marking of tanks.
- The requirement for LPG Annex C tanks to be inspected by accredited inspection bodies.
- The prevention of pre-2003 tanks or tank-vehicles from being imported into the State.
Consultation process
Copies of the regulatory impact analysis associated with these proposed draft amends, the proposed draft amends and draft schedules to the legislative proposals are available below
- Regulatory Impact Analysis
- Proposed Draft legislative changes to EC (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment) Regulations 2011 to 2023
- Draft schedules to the legislative proposals
Feedback
You are asked to provide your feedback in the documents below:
Please download the documents below and return your observations by email to WebContent@hsa.ie before Thursday 31st of October 2024 17:00.
- Specific questions relating to some of the proposed draft amends;
- General feedback table to each of the individual proposed draft amends;
By providing your feedback you are allowing the Health and Safety Authority permission to contact you in relation to this Public Consultation.
To read about this public consultation in full, please visit: https://consultation.hsa.ie/Public-Consultations/european-communities-transport-dangerous-goods-pressure-equipment-2011-2023/
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