13.—(1) The operator or driver of a vehicle used for the carriage of explosives shall ensure that the vehicle is suitable for the safety and security of any explosives carried, having regard to the type and quantity of the explosives.
(2) The operator or driver of the vehicle shall ensure that the vehicle does not at any time carry explosives of a type specified in the first column of the Sixth Schedule in excess of the quantity specified —
(a)
where the vehicle is a private light goods vehicle, in the second column thereof;
(b)
where the vehicle is an ordinary goods vehicle, in the third column thereof; or
(c)
where the vehicle is a special goods vehicle, in the fourth column thereof,
for that type of explosives.
(3) Where explosives in different Compatibility Groups or Divisions are carried together, the Sixth Schedule shall be applied in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2(a) and 3 of the Seventh Schedule.
(4) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be construed as allowing a greater quantity of explosives to be carried than that for which the vehicle is suitable under paragraph (1).
(5) In this rule and the Sixth Schedule —
“ordinary goods vehicle” means a vehicle the maximum authorised mass of which exceeds 3,500 kg;
“private light goods vehicle” means a vehicle —
(a)
the maximum authorised mass of which does not exceed 3,500 kg; and
(b)
which may be —
(i)
closed or sheeted; and
(ii)
fuelled by petrol or diesel,
and includes a land rover, a saloon car or an estate car which is not a passenger-carrying vehicle for hire or lease;
“special goods vehicle” means a goods vehicle specially constructed with safety features to allow the carriage of larger quantities of ammunition than allowed in an ordinary goods vehicle;
“vehicle” includes any freight container used for the carriage of explosives which is attached to a vehicle.