Dangerous Goods Regulation do not apply to the handling, offering for transport or transporting of batteries on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage if: (a) batteries are placed in one or more small means of containment designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no accidental release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety; (b) batteries are contained in one or more means of containment each of which has a gross mass less than or equal to 30 kg; (c) the gross mass of all dangerous goods (i) transported on the road vehicle or the railway vehicle is less than or equal to 150 kg, and (ii) transported on the vessel on a domestic voyage is less than or equal to 150 kg, excluding dangerous goods in a road vehicle or railway vehicle being transported on the vessel; and (d) the dangerous goods are in a quantity or concentration available to the general public and are transported (i) by a user or purchaser of the dangerous goods, or (ii) by a retailer to or from a user or purchaser of the dangerous goods. 1.9.8 500 kg Gross Mass Exemption Part 3 (Documentation), Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Safety Marks) and Part 5 (Means of Containment) of the Canada Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulation do not apply to the handling, offering for transport or transporting of dangerous goods on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage if (a) in the case batteries are in one or more means of containment (A) each of which has a gross mass less than or equal to 30 kg and that is designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no accidental release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety, or (B) that are drums in compliance with the requirements of section 5.12 of Part 5 (Means of Containment), for transporting dangerous goods in drums; (b) the gross mass of all dangerous goods (i) transported on the road vehicle or the railway vehicle is less than or equal to 500 kg, and (ii) transported on the vessel on a domestic voyage is less than or equal to 500 kg, excluding the dangerous goods in a road vehicle or railway vehicle being transported on the vessel; (c) each means of containment has displayed on one side, other than a side on which it is intended to rest or to be stacked during transport, the dangerous goods safety marks required by Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Safety Marks), (d) the dangerous goods are accompanied by a shipping document or document that is located, for a road or railway vehicle or a vessel, in accordance with the requirements for location of a shipping document in sections 3.7 to 3.9 of Part 3 (Documentation); and (e) any document referred to in paragraph (d), other than a shipping document, includes the following information in the following order: (i) the primary class of the dangerous goods, following the word “Class” or “Classe”, and (ii) the total number of means of containment, on which a dangerous goods safety mark is required to be displayed, for each primary class, following the words “number of means of containment” or “nombre de contenants”. Copyright © www.batteriestransport.org 37
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