1.6 Documentation Consignor Responsibilities Before allowing a carrier to take possession of dangerous goods for transport, the consignor must prepare and give to that carrier a shipping document or, if the carrier agrees, an electronic copy of the shipping document. When dangerous goods are imported into Canada, the consignor must, before the dangerous goods are transported in Canada, ensure that the carrier has a shipping document or, with the agreement of the carrier, an electronic copy of the shipping document that contains the information required by these Regulations Carrier Responsibilities A carrier must not take possession of dangerous goods for transport unless the carrier has the shipping document for the dangerous goods. A carrier who accepts an electronic copy of a shipping document must produce a shipping document from the electronic copy before taking possession of the dangerous goods for transport. Dangerous goods in transport are in the possession of a carrier from the time the carrier takes possession of them for transport until another person takes possession of them. While the dangerous goods are in transport and in the possession of a carrier, the carrier must keep the shipping document in the location specified by sections 3.7 to 3.10 of the regulation. Information on a Shipping Document The following information must be included on a shipping document of batteries: (a) the name and address of the place of business in Canada of the consignor; (b) the date the shipping document or an electronic copy of it was prepared or was first given to a carrier; (c) the description of each of the dangerous goods, in the following order: ▪ the UN number, ▪ the Shipping Name (*) (*) The Shipping Name is always “batteries” irrespective they are “cells” or “batteries” ▪ the primary class, which may be shown as a number only or under the heading “Class” or “Classe” or following the word “Class” or “Classe”, ▪ the packing group roman numeral (**) which may be shown under the heading “PG” or “GE” or following the letters “PG” or “GE” or following the words “Packing Group” or “Groupe d’emballage” (**) Batteries have not assigned a packing group. (d) the quantity of dangerous goods and the unit of measure used to express the quantity which, on a shipping document prepared in Canada, must be a unit of measure included in the International System of Units (SI) or a unit of measure acceptable for use under the SI system; (e) for dangerous goods in one or more small means of containment that require a label to be displayed on them, the number of small means of containment for each shipping name; 26 Copyright © www.batteriestransport.org
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