This Statutory Instrument regulates the carriage of dangerous goods by road and rail in Great Britain. It also, in so far as it relates to the training and examination of, and issuing of vocational training certificates to, safety advisers, regulates the carriage of dangerous goods by inland waterway. It replaces the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007 (the 2007 Regulations) (S.I. 2007/1573).

It transposes the new Directive of the Parliament and Council on the Inland Transport of Dangerous Goods (the Dangerous Goods Directive) 2008/68/EC1This Directive is the latest in a succession of European legislation applying RID (Rail), ADR (Road) and safety adviser qualifications (including for inland waterway.) The new Directive consolidates and replaces 5 directives and takes into account technical progress as well as ensuring the continued safe and secure transport of dangerous goods.