Singapore legislation
Regulation 46
of Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations
Regulation 46
Emergency information panel and warning labels
Subregulation 1
Every holder of a licence to store or keep, or to transport any petroleum or flammable material or both as a carrier, supplier or dealer, shall ensure that every container, tank, road tanker, freight container, or other vehicle used by him to store or transport any petroleum or flammable material is affixed with and has displayed on it —
the appropriate emergency information panel or warning labels as prescribed in the code of labelling specified in the standard issued by the Enterprise Singapore Board known as “Singapore Standard on Hazard Communication for Hazardous Chemicals and Dangerous Substances”; and
such other labels as may be directed by the Commissioner.
Subregulation 2
Every such licensee shall ensure that sufficient numbers of appropriate emergency information panels and warning labels are installed at the approved storage area for petroleum or flammable materials.
Subregulation 3
The emergency information panel or warning label shall be —
made of material which is weather and corrosion resistant;
indelibly marked;
either rigid or fixed to be rigid;
marked on or securely attached to the road tanker, freight container, tank container or other vehicle in a substantially vertical plane, and if the means of attachment is by a frame, that frame shall carry no other emergency information panels or labels; and
kept clean and free from obstruction, except that a rear emergency information panel or warning label may be mounted behind a ladder of light construction which does not prevent the information on the panel or label from being easily read.
Subregulation 4
Where a multi-load is transported in a road tanker, in separate tanks or in compartments of a tank, or in a compartment tank container, the licensee shall ensure that on each such tank or compartment which contains any petroleum and flammable material, an appropriate emergency information panel or warning label prescribed in the code of labelling specified in the standard issued by the Enterprise Singapore Board known as “Singapore Standard on Hazard Communication for Hazardous Chemicals and Dangerous Substances” and such other labels as may be directed by the Commissioner are displayed and the requirements of paragraph (5) shall apply to such panels or labels.
Subregulation 5
Every such licensee shall ensure that the emergency information panel or warning label is —
displayed on the road tanker, freight container, tank container or other vehicle at all times when petroleum and flammable materials are being transported; and
removed when the road tanker, freight container, tank container or other vehicle is not used for transporting any petroleum or flammable material.
Subregulation 6
Paragraph (5)(a) shall also apply to any empty tank of a road tanker, empty tank or container or compartment thereof that is not certified by an approved inspector as clean.