Guidance notes

HSE / DfT guidance notes highlighting and clarifying specific issues arising from the Carriage Regulations and ADR.

Further guidance notes on specific aspects of the Carriage Regulations are issued by the Department for Transport's Dangerous Goods Branch[6], 020 7944 2755.

Link URLs in this page

  1. Guidance on the manufacture, storage and carriage of thermites and thermite containing articleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/manufacture-storage-carriage-of-thermites.htm
  2. Infectious substances https://www.hse.gov.uk/cdg/assets/docs/infect-subs.pdf
  3. Load thresholds Class 1 https://www.hse.gov.uk/cdg/assets/docs/c1-loadthresh.pdf
  4. Load thresholds Classes 2-9 https://www.hse.gov.uk/cdg/assets/docs/c2-9-loadthresh.pdf
  5. Good practice guidance on the carriage by private individuals of black powder (gunpowder) and smokeless powders for use in small arms, small arms ammunition and model rocket motorshttp://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130105194934/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/3299/dft-dangerous-goods-note-6.pdf
  6. Department for Transport's Dangerous Goods Branchhttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/transporting-dangerous-goods

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Updated 2025-02-07