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4.16.1(1) Except in the case of the dangerous goods listed in subsection (2), a placard is not required to be displayed on a road vehicle or railway vehicle if the dangerous goods in or on the road vehicle or railway vehicle have a gross mass that is less than or equal to 500 kg.
(2) The exemption set out in subsection (1) does not apply to dangerous goods
(a) requiring an ERAP;
(b) requiring the display of a subsidiary class placard in accordance with section 4.15.1;
(c) included in Class 1, Explosives, except for
(i) explosives referred to in subsection 4.17(1), and
(ii) explosives included in Class 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 or 1.5, if
(A) the explosives are not subject to special provision 85 or 86 and have a net explosives quantity that is less than or equal to 10 kg, or
(B) the explosives are subject to special provision 85 or 86 and the number of articles of explosives is less than or equal to 1 000;
(d) included in Class 2.1, Flammable Gases, if the road vehicle or railway vehicle is to be transported by ship;
(e) included in Class 2.3, Toxic Gases;
(f) included in Class 4.3, Water-reactive Substances;
(g) included in Class 5.2, Organic Peroxides, Type B, liquid or solid, that require a control or emergency temperature;
(h) included in Class 6.1, Toxic Substances, that are subject to special provision 23; or
(i) included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, that require a Category III - Yellow label.
SOR/2014-159, s. 18; SOR/2017-253, s. 52; SOR/2019-101, s. 22