Consignors Required to Appoint a DGSA

ADR 1.6.1.44 has been in the regulations for a number of years, however under a derogation it has not been enforced, the derogation however expires on December 31^st 2022. Therefore unless exempted by the existing provisions in ADR then a consignor of dangerous goods must, by January 1 2023, appoint a DGSA.

The existing exemptions are specified on the GOV.UK website as follows:

• a business is involved in the carriage of dangerous goods in quantities per transport unit that are smaller than those referred to in 1.1.3.6, 1.7.1.4, and in chapter 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5
• if the main or secondary activities of the undertaking are not the carriage or related loading or unloading of dangerous goods, but the undertaking does occasionally engage in the national carriage or the related loading or unloading of dangerous goods posing little danger or risk of pollution
• if that carriage operation complies with the conditions specified in the Road Derogation 11 (RO-bi-UK-1) The crossing of public roads, as set out in the Carriage of Dangerous Goods: Approved Derogations and Transitional Provisions document 2012
• if that carriage operation complies with the conditions specified in 1.1.3