Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations, 2003 · s 227

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s 227Dangerous goods shall be divided into the following classes

(a}

Class 1

explosives;

(b)

Class 2

gases: compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure;

(c)

Class 3 - flammable* liquids;

(d)

Class 4.1

flammablet solids;

(e)

Class 4.2

substances liable to spontaneous combustion;

(f)

Class 4.3 -

substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable=~' gases;

(g)

Class 5.1 - oxidising substances;

(h)

Class 5.2- organic peroxides;

(i} Class 6.1 - toxic substances;

(j} Class 6.2 - infectious substances;

(k} Class 7- radioactive materials;

(l}

Class 8 - corrosives;

(m}

Class 9 - miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles, that is any other substance which experience has shown, or may show, to be of such a dangerous character that this Part shall apply to it.

* Flammable has the same meaning as inflammable.

t Flammable has the same meaning as inflammable.

r Flammable has the same meaning as inflammable.

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