UN1955
COMPRESSED GAS, TOXIC, N.O.S.
- Class: 2.3
- Packing Group / Category: None
- Special Provisions: 16, 23, 38
- Explosive Limit and Limited Quantity Index: 0
- Excepted Quantities: E0
- ERAP Index: 50
- Passenger Carrying Vessel Index: Forbidden
- Passenger Carrying Road Vehicle or Passenger Carrying Railway Vehicle Index: Forbidden
Special Provision 16
The technical name of at least one of the most dangerous substances that predominantly contributes to the danger or dangers posed by the dangerous goods must be shown, in parentheses, on the shipping document following the shipping name in accordance with clause 3.5(1)(c)(ii)(A). The technical name must also be shown, in parentheses, on a small means of containment or on a tag following the shipping name in accordance with subsections 4.11(2) and (3).
Despite subsection (1), the technical name for the following dangerous goods is not required to be shown on a shipping document or on a small means of containment when Canadian law for domestic transport or an international convention for international transport prohibits the disclosure of the technical name:
UN1544, ALKALOID SALTS, SOLID, N.O.S. or ALKALOIDS, SOLID, N.O.S.;
UN1851, MEDICINE, LIQUID, TOXIC, N.O.S.;
UN3140, ALKALOID SALTS, LIQUID, N.O.S. or ALKALOIDS, LIQUID, N.O.S.;
UN3248, MEDICINE, LIQUID, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S.; or
UN3249, MEDICINE, SOLID, TOXIC, N.O.S.
Despite subsection (1), the technical name for the following dangerous goods is not required to be shown on a small means of containment:
UN2814, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, AFFECTING HUMANS; or
UN2900, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, AFFECTING ANIMALS.
Special Provision 23
A person must not import, offer for transport, handle or transport these dangerous goods unless
they are contained in a means of containment that is marked in accordance with section 4.23, or, for UN1005, ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, in a large means of containment, in accordance with section 4.18.2; and
they are accompanied by a shipping document that complies with subparagraph 3.5(1)(c)(vii).
This special provision does not apply to a person who transports these dangerous goods in accordance with an exemption set out in section 1.15, 1.17, 1.17.1 or 1.24.
Special Provision 38
A person must not offer for transport, handle or transport these dangerous goods in a large means of containment if they are in direct contact with the large means of containment.