The Regulations do not apply to dangerous goods in a quantity less than or equal to 500 kg gross mass in transport on land on a road vehicle or railway vehicle if:
The dangerous goods are contained in one or more means of containment, (a gross mass less than or equal to 30 kg);
- the dangerous goods are accompanied by a shipping document that includes the following information:
- the primary class of the dangerous goods in each means of containment following the word "Class";
- the subsidiary class or classes, in parentheses, and;
- the number of means of containment related to each primary class, following the words "number of means of containment."
- All people involved to have TDG Training.
- In the absence of the above, for this exemption to apply, each means of containment must have the dangerous goods safety marks, or the shipping name of the dangerous goods, and the marks required by one of the following Acts and regulations:
- the "Explosives Act" and its regulations,
- the "Pest Control Products Act" and its regulations,
- the "Hazardous Products Act" and its regulations, or
- the "Packaging and Transporting of Nuclear Substances Regulations".
- There are a number of restrictions involved with the 500kg exemption. The 500kg exemption does not apply to dangerous goods that:
- are forbidden for transport in the Schedules;
- require a control or emergency temperature;
- are primary or subsidiary Class 1 Explosives, (except for Class 1.4S);
- are Class 2.1 Gases in a cylinder that has a capacity greater than 46 L;
- are included in Class 2.3 Gases;
- are included in Class 4 and Packing Group I;
- are included in Class 5.2 Organic Peroxides, unless they are limited quantities in accordance with section 1.17 of the regulations;
- are liquids included in Class 6.1 and Packing Group I;
- are included in Class 6.2; or
- are included in Class 7 and are required to be licensed by the Canadian
- Nuclear Safety Commission.
