SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA C165 



CHAPTER VII.— CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS 



Regulation 1 



Application 



(a) Unless expressly provided otherwise, this Chapter applies to the 

 carriage of dangerous goods in all ships to which the present Regulations 

 apply. 



(b) The provisions of this Chapter do not apply to ship's stores and 

 equipment or to particular cargoes carried in ships specially built or 

 converted as a whole for that purpose, such as tankers. 



(c) The carriage of dangerous goods is prohibited except in accordance 

 with the provisions of this Chapter. 



{cl) To supplement the provisions of this Chapter each Contracting 

 Government shall issue, or cause to be issued, detailed instructions on the 

 safe packing and stowage of specific dangerous goods or categories of 

 dangerous goods which shall include any precautions necessary in their 

 relation to other cargo. 



Regulation 2 



Classification 



Dangerous goods shall be divided into the following classes: — 



Class 1 — Explosives. 



Class 2 — Gases : compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure. 



Class 3 — Inflammable liquids. 



Class 4 (a) — Inflammable solids. 



Class 4 {b) — Inflammable solids, or substances, liable to spontaneous 



combustion. 

 Class 4(c) — Inflammable solids, or substances, which in contact with 



water emit inflammable gases. 

 Class 5 (a) — Oxidizing substances. 

 Class 5 (6) — Organic peroxides. 

 Class 6 (a) — Poisonous (toxic) substances. 

 Class 6 (b) — Infectious substances. 

 Class 7 — Radioactive substances. 

 Class 8 — Corrosives. 

 Class 9 — Miscellaneous dangerous substances, that is any other substance 



which experience has shown, or may show, to be of such a 



dangerous character that the provisions of this Chapter should 



apply to it. 



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