Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulations 2021 (Tas)

Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulations 2021

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2010 .

22 November 2021

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

ELISE ARCHER

Minister for Workplace Safety and Consumer Affairs

PART 1 - General, Interpretation, Training and Offence Provisions

Division 1 - Introductory and application

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulations 2021 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 15 December 2021.

3. Main objects The main objects of these regulations are – (a) to set out the obligations of persons involved in the transport of dangerous goods by land transport; and (b) to reduce as far as practicable the risks of personal injury, death, property damage and environmental harm arising from the transport of dangerous goods by land transport; and (c) to give effect to the standards, requirements and procedures of the ADG Code so far as they apply to the transport of dangerous goods by land transport; and (d) to promote consistency between the standards, requirements and procedures applying to the transport of dangerous goods by land transport and other modes of transport.

4. Dangerous situations These regulations do not apply to the transport of dangerous goods by, or at the direction of, an authorised officer or an officer of an emergency service, to the extent necessary to avert, eliminate or minimise a dangerous situation.

5. Exempt transport (1) In this regulation – designated dangerous goods means dangerous goods of – (a) UN Class 1 (explosives), except – (i) goods of Division 1.4S; and (ii) track signals carried in a unit of rolling stock for the safety of persons working in rail transport; or (b) Category A of UN Division 6.2 (infectious substances); or (c) UN Class 7 (radioactive material). (2) These regulations do not apply to the transportation of a load that contains dangerous goods by a person if – (a) the load does not contain – (i) dangerous goods in a receptacle with a capacity of more than 500 litres or kilograms; or (ii) more than 500 kilograms of dangerous goods in a receptacle; and (b) the load does not include any designated dangerous goods; and (c) the aggregate quantity of the dangerous goods in the load is less than 25% of a placard load; and (d) the goods are not being transported by the person in the course of a business of transporting goods by road; and (e) in relation to transport by rail, the goods are not being transported by the person on a passenger train.