Consignment— One or more packages of dangerous goods accepted by an operator from one shipper at one time and at one address, receipted for in one lot and moving to one consignee at one destination address.
Dangerous Goods— Articles or substances which are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment and which are shown in the list of dangerous goods in the Technical Instructions or which are classified according to those Instructions.
Dangerous Goods Accident—An occurrence associated with and related to the transport of dangerous goods by air which results in fatal or serious injury to a person or major property damage.
Dangerous Goods Incident—An occurrence, other than a dangerous goods accident, associated with and related to the transport of dangerous goods by air, not necessarily occurring on board an aircraft, which results in injury to a person, property damage, fire, breakage, spillage, leakage of fluid or radiation or other evidence that the integrity of the packaging has not been maintained. Any occurrence relating to the transport of dangerous goods which seriously jeopardizes the aircraft or its occupants is also deemed to constitute a dangerous goods incident.
Dangerous Goods Security—means measures or precautions to be taken by operators, shippers and others involved in the transport of dangerous goods aboard aircraft to minimize theft or misuse of dangerous goods that may endanger persons or property.
Freight Forwarder—A person or organisation who offers the service of arranging the transport of cargo by air.
Elevated Temperature Substance.—A substance which is transported or offered for transport : (a) in the liquid state at a temperature of 100oc or above ; (b) in the liquid state with a flashpoint above 60.5oc and which is intentionally heated to a temperature above is flashpoint or in a solid state and at a temperature of 240 oc or above.
Solid Desensitized—Explosives are explosive substances which are wetted with water or alcohols or are diluted with other substances to form a homogeneous solid mixture to suppress their explosive properties.
Underclared or Misdeclared Dangerous Goods—Dangerous goods discovered in cargo which are not accompanied by a dangerous goods transport document.
Exception—A provision in the Dangerous goods Regulation which excludes a specific item of dangerous goods from the requirements normally applicable to that item.
Exemption—An authorization issued by an appropriate national authority providing relief from the provisions of this Regulation.
Incompatible—Describing dangerous goods which, if mixed, would be liable to cause a dangerous evolution of heat or gas or produce a corrosive substance.
Overpack—An enclosure used by a single shipper to contain one or more packages and to form one handling unit for convenience of handling and stowage.
Package—The complete product of the packing operation consisting of the packaging and its contents prepared for transport.
Packaging—Receptacles and any other components or materials necessary for the receptacle to perform its containment function.
Serious Injury—An injury which is sustained by a person in an accident and which :(a) requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours, commencing within seven days from the date the injury was received ; or (b) results in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, toes or nose) ; or (c) involves lacerations which cause severe haemorrhage, nerve, muscle or tendon damage ; or (d) involves injury to any internal organ ; or (e) involves second or third degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 per cent of the body surface ; or (f) involves verified exposure to infectious substances or injurious radiation.
UN Number—The four-digit number assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods to identify a substance or a particular group of substances.
Unit Load Device—Any type of freight container, aircraft container, aircraft
pallet with a net, or aircraft pallet with a net over an igloo.
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