{"id":860551,"date":"2022-06-20T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/?p=860551"},"modified":"2025-09-05T02:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:46:08","slug":"definitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/help-center\/articles\/definitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-876523 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ICC_Definitions_Blog_05-2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you remember when you were in school, and you had to memorize definitions for a particular reading, science, or social studies test? No fun if I remember correctly!\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now that we are all grown up, we no longer have to memorize them. We are older and wiser, and know where to look them up when we need them <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\ud83d\ude0a<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When I teach, I always stress the importance of going back to the definitions or glossary to get a better understanding of what our legislators are trying to say. Regulations are written in \u201clegal talk\u201d or \u201cregulatory speak,\u201d so how are we supposed to understand what it all means? Break it down to the key word(s) and look them up.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A case in point was a recent helpdesk call. The client was shipping a few boxes at a time from New Jersey to a consolidator in New York. Eventually, the shipment would be sent by air, and my caller was completing the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/product-category\/forms\/shipping-by-air-declaration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dangerous Goods Declaration.<\/a><\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">His question was as follows:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My boxes are sitting on a platform, but they do not and will not have shrink wrap on them, so do I need to use the wording \u201cOverpack used\u201d on the declaration? Interesting\u2026<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I decided the best course of action was to open the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/product-category\/publications\/iata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations<\/a><\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and look at the definition of an Overpack.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Appendix A states:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">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\u2026<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An enclosure. The boxes were on a platform, there was nothing \u201cenclosing them,\u201d so unless the consolidator was going to shrink wrap, box, or crate them, there was no Overpack used, and therefore no Overpack statement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Did you know that our Helpdesk is available to our customers most days from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm EST? 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