Western Australian Legislation
Western Australia Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non-explosives) Regulations 2007 Western Australia Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non-explosives) Regulations 2007 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 4. Terms used 1 5. Notes are not part of the law except in Schedules 1 6. Application of regulations 1 7. Incorporation etc. of references in other documents 1 Part 2 — General 8. Dangerous goods defined 1 9A. Term used: bulk 1 9. Term used: subsidiary hazard 1 10. Packing group defined 1 11. Goods too dangerous to transport defined (Act s. 16) 1 12A. Chief Officer may determine classification of goods 1 12. Quantity of dangerous goods, determining 1 Part 3 — Duties of manufacturers, importers and suppliers Division 1 — General duties 13A. Duties of manufacturer and importer as to classification of goods 1 13B. Chief Officer may direct analysis of goods 1 13C. Duties of manufacturer or importer as to packaging and container labelling 1 13. Prohibitions on supply 1 14. Application of r. 13 to retailers 1 15. Chief Officer may prohibit supply of dangerous goods to certain sites or in certain pipelines 1 Division 2 — Safe storage and handling information 16. Terms used 1 17. Application of Division to combustible liquids 1 18. SDS to be prepared before goods supplied 1 19. When revised SDS required 1 20. Provision of current SDS 1 21. Dangerous goods at dangerous goods site to be in labelled etc. containers 1 22. Safe storage and handling information not in SDS to be provided 1 23. Medical practitioners, providing information to 1 Part 4 — Dangerous goods sites Division 1 — Licensing of dangerous goods sites Subdivision 1 — Preliminary matters 24. Terms used 1 Subdivision 2 — General matters 25. Certain sites to be licensed (Act s. 13) 1 26. Licence, applying for 1 27. Licence, renewal of 1 28. Transfer of licence, applying for 1 29. Amending licence 1 30. Chief Officer may request further information 1 31. Licence for site that is or may be major hazard facility 1 32. Grant of licence application 1 33. Conditions of licence 1 34. Duration of licence 1 35. Form of licence 1 36. Licence valid according to its terms 1 37. Licence, surrender of 1 38. Lost etc. licence, replacement of 1 Subdivision 3 — Suspending and cancelling licences 39. Grounds for suspending or cancelling 1 40. Procedure for suspending or cancelling 1 41. Suspension in urgent circumstances 1 42. Licence to be returned on suspension etc. 1 43. Suspension may be terminated 1 Subdivision 4 — Duties of licence holders 44A. Annual fees for licence 1 44. Wrong information, duty to correct 1 45. Licence holder charged with or convicted of dangerous goods offence to notify Chief Officer 1 46. Condition of licence, contravening 1 Subdivision 5 — Miscellaneous matters 47. Register of licences 1 48A. Refunds of fees if licence surrendered etc. 1 Division 2 — Risk assessment and control Subdivision 1 — Risk assessment 48. Risk assessment, requirements as to 1 49. Record of r. 48 assessment 1 Subdivision 2 — Risk control measures in relation to dangerous goods 51. Spills and leaks, containment and clean up of 1 52. Segregation of dangerous goods 1 53. Stability of dangerous goods, requirements for 1 54. Dangerous goods to be protected from impact 1 55. Transferring dangerous goods, requirements for 1 56. Ignition sources in hazardous areas, requirements as to 1 57. Hazardous atmosphere, requirements as to 1 58. Storage and handling systems, design etc. of 1 59. Packaged dangerous goods etc., requirements as to delivery of etc. 1 60. Pipework containing dangerous goods, labelling of 1 61. Bulk dangerous goods not in IBCs, requirements as to 1 62. Underground storage or handling systems for Class 3 dangerous goods and petroleum products, requirements for 1 63. Decommissioned storage or handling systems to be cleaned etc. 1 64. Lighting requirements 1 65. Entrances and exits to be clear 1 66. Security requirements 1 67. Fire hazards, requirements as to 1 Subdivision 3 — Placards 68. HAZCHEM placards, when and where required 1 69. Dangerous goods stored in bulk, signs at sites of 1 70. Dangerous goods stored in packages or IBCs, signs at sites of 1 71. Signs to be properly displayed at sites 1 72. Placards, revision of 1 Subdivision 4 — Emergency management and planning 73. Fire control equipment required on site 1 74. Other risk control equipment, requirements for 1 75. Emergency plan required for some sites 1 76A. Information for occupier of site adjacent to dangerous goods site 1 76B. FES emergency response guide required for some sites 1 76. Dangerous goods incidents, containment of 1 Subdivision 5 — Records 78. Manifest and dangerous goods site plan, requirements as to 1 79. Requirements as to SDS for dangerous goods 1 Subdivision 6 — Duties relating to persons at a dangerous goods site 80. Persons under 15 on sites 1 81. Training, supervision etc. of people involved with dangerous goods 1 82. Copies of risk assessment and emergency plan to be available to employees 1 83. Consultation with employees about risk assessment etc. 1 84. Visitors, supervision of etc. 1 85. General duties of people other than operator of site 1 86. Damaging etc. storage or handling system, offence 1 Part 5 — Dangerous goods pipelines Division 1 — Registration of dangerous goods pipelines Subdivision 1 — Preliminary matters 87. Terms used 1 Subdivision 2 — General matters 88. Some pipelines to be registered 1 89. Registration, applying for 1 90. Registration, renewal of 1 91. Transfer of registration, applying for 1 92. Amending registration 1 93. Chief Officer may request further information 1 94. Registration of pipeline connected to or part of major hazard facility 1 95. Grant of registration application 1 96. Conditions of registration 1 97. Duration of registration 1 98. Form of registration 1 99. Registration valid according to its terms 1 100. Registration, surrender of 1 101. Lost etc. registration documents, replacement of 1 Subdivision 3 — Suspending and cancelling registrations 102. Grounds for suspending or cancelling 1 103. Procedure for suspending or cancelling 1 104. Suspension in urgent circumstances 1 105. Registration to be returned on suspension etc. 1 106. Suspension may be terminated 1 Subdivision 4 — Duties of registration holders 107. Wrong information, duty to correct 1 108. Registration holder charged with or convicted of dangerous goods offence to notify Chief Officer 1 109. Condition of registration, contravening 1 Subdivision 5 — Miscellaneous matters 110. Register of registrations 1 Division 2 — Risk control 111. Pipelines to be designed etc. to reduce risk from dangerous goods 1 112. Labels or signposts for pipelines 1 113. Pipelines to be accessible for examination and maintenance 1 114. Requirements as to SDS for goods in pipeline 1 115. Decommissioned pipelines to be cleaned etc. 1 116. Damaging etc. pipeline, offence 1 Part 6 — Dangerous goods incidents at dangerous goods sites and dangerous goods pipelines 118. Dangerous goods incidents, response required to 1 119. Affected persons to be advised of dangerous goods incident 1 120. Investigating and recording dangerous goods incidents 1 121. Reportable situations prescribed (Act s. 9) 1 122. Reports about dangerous goods incidents 1 Part 7 — Rural dangerous goods locations or small quantity dangerous goods locations Division 1 — Provisions relating to rural dangerous goods locations and small quantity dangerous goods locations 123. Spill or leak to be cleaned up 1 124. Segregation of dangerous goods 1 125. Dangerous goods to be protected from impact 1 126. Ignition sources in hazardous areas, requirements as to 1 127. Packaged dangerous goods, requirements as to delivery of etc. 1 128. Decommissioned storage or handling systems to be cleaned etc. 1 129. Personal protective equipment etc., provision etc. of 1 130. Security of locations 1 131. Requirements as to SDS for dangerous goods 1 132. Training, supervision etc. of people involved with dangerous goods 1 Division 2 — Provisions relating only to rural dangerous goods locations 133. Underground storage or handling systems for Class 3 dangerous goods and petroleum products, requirements for 1 Part 8A — Dangerous goods in ports Division 1 — Preliminary matters 134. Terms used 1 135A. Meaning of consignor 1 135B. Meaning of explosion risk goods 1 Division 2 — Non‑explosives in port areas 135C. Application of this Division 1 135D. Packaging and documentation requirements for non‑explosives 1 135E. Master's duties as to emergency plan for vessel 1 135F. Berth operator's duties as to emergency plan for berth 1 135G. Berth operator's duty to minimise time dangerous goods kept at berth 1 Division 3 — Explosion risk goods in port areas 135H. When special berth (non‑explosives) required 1 135I. Applying for declaration of special berth (non‑explosives) 1 135J. Content of risk assessment and implementation plan 1 135K. Dealing with application under r. 135I 1 135L. Explosion risk goods not to be in loose form 1 135M. Ammonium nitrate (UN 1942 and 2067) not to be imported, consigned or handled without evidence of analysis and testing 1 135N. Master's duties 1 135O. Berth operator's duties 1 135P. Berth operator to give Chief Officer report after handling explosion risk goods 1 Part 8 — Miscellaneous 135. Storage or handling systems and pipelines, duties of manufacturers etc. of 1 137. Flammable liquids, filling of tanks etc. with 1 138. Storage of Class 3 or combustible liquids in vehicles 1 139. False or misleading information, offence 1 140. Infringement notices, offences and modified penalties (Act s. 56(3)) 1 141. Savings and transitional (Sch. 6) 1 Schedule 1 — Quantities of dangerous goods Schedule 3 — Manifest and dangerous goods site plan Division 1 — General 1. Term used: storage location 1 Division 2 — Manifest 2. General information in manifest 1 3. Emergency contacts in manifest 1 4. Dangerous goods at site, information in manifest about 1 5. Bulk dangerous goods not in IBCs and certain other dangerous goods, information in manifest about 1 6. Packaged dangerous goods etc., information in manifest about 1 7. Dangerous goods in manufacture or process, information in manifest about 1 8. Dangerous goods in transit, information about for cl. 4, 5 and 6 1 Division 3 — Dangerous goods site plan 9. General information in plan 1 10. Other information in plan 1 Schedule 4 — Placarding requirements 1. Figures referred to in Sch. 4 1 2. Outer warning placard (r. 68) 1 3. Placard for dangerous goods in bulk that are not goods too dangerous to transport or combustible liquids (r. 69) 1 4. Placard for dangerous goods in bulk that are goods too dangerous to transport (r. 69) 1 5. Placard for packaged dangerous goods (r. 70) 1 6. Placard for combustible liquids (in bulk or in containers) (r. 69 and 70) 1 Schedule 5 — Fees Division 1 — Fees for grant, renewal or amendment of licence for dangerous goods site 1. Interpretation 1 2. Annual fee for Part 4 licence 1 Schedule 6 — Savings and transitional provisions Division 1 — Provisions relating to the commencement of these regulations 1. Terms used 1 2. Dangerous goods sites 1 3. Dangerous goods pipelines 1 4. Spill containment 1 Division 2 — Provisions relating to Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non‑explosives) Amendment Regulations 2012 5. Placards about combustible liquids 1 Division 3 — Provisions relating to Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non‑explosives) Amendment Regulations 2013 6. Term used: commencement day 1 7. Emergency plans 1 8. Special risk plans deemed FES emergency response guides 1 9. Deferral of licensing requirement for unlicensed dangerous goods site in port area 1 Division 4 — Provisions relating to Dangerous Goods Safety (Goods in Ports) Repeal Regulations 2013 10. Term used: commencement day 1 11. Special berth declarations 1 12. Application of Part 8A to certain cargoes 1 Notes Compilation table 1 Uncommenced provisions table 1 Other notes 1 Defined terms Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non-explosives) Regulations 2007
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