RHFX Limited provides Dangerous Goods advice to the Pyrotechnics, Fireworks, and Special Effects industries. When transporting Dangerous Goods forms part of day-to-day business, it is mandatory to appoint (or retain as a consultant) a specialist advisor as set out in the United Nations agreement ‘ADR 1.8.3.3’.
Although the agreement is strictly concerned with international transport of dangerous goods, many countries choose to make ADR the basis of their domestic transport rules. In the United Kingdom ADR gains domestic application via “The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009”
Although systematic and detailed in it’s requirements, the correct application of ADR can be an intensive task. Each national body (The Department for Transport in the U.K.) offers an advisor’s qualification to individuals wishing to interpret and advise on transport. These qualifications include where necessary the derogations and domestic departures from the international rules. All relevant documents are available publicly for free from the respective bodies:
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009 (CDG 2009)
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1348/contents
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (CDG 2019)
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/598/contents/made
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR 2023)
https://unece.org/transport/standards/transport/dangerous-goods/adr-2023-agreement-concerning-international-carriage