Dangerous Goods Act 1985.

Country/Territory: Australia
Territorial subdivision: Victoria
Document type: Legislation
Date: 1985 (2022)
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Long title: An Act to promote the safety of persons and property in relation to the manufacture, storage, transfer, transport, sale, purchase and use of dangerous goods and the import of explosives, to consolidate and amend the law relating to explosives and other dangerous goods, to repeal the Liquid Fuel Act 1941, the Liquified Petroleum Gas Act 1958, the Explosives Act 1960, the Inflammable Liquids Act 1966, the Liquefied Gases Act 1968 and the Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 1984, to amend the Health Act 1958, the Mines Act 1958, the Transport Act 1983 and for other purposes.

Subject: Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword: Hazardous substances Early warning system Transport/storage International trade Authorization/permit Inspection Access-to-information
Geographical area: Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific

Abstract: This Act concerns the manufacture, storage, transport, sale, use and disposal of dangerous goods in Victoria. The objectives of the Act include: to promote the safety of persons and property in relation to the manufacture, storage, transport, transfer, sale and use of dangerous goods and the import of explosives into Victoria; to ensure that adequate precautions are taken against certain fires, explosions, leakages and spillages of dangerous goods and that when they occur they are reported to the emergency services and the inspectors without delay; to ensure that information relating to dangerous goods is provided by occupiers and owners of premises to the relevant authorities and to provide for licensing of persons required by the regulations to hold a licence in relation to dangerous goods. The Act is divided into the following parts: Preliminary (I); Inspectors and enforcement (II); Review of decisions (IIA); Licences (III); Information on dangerous goods at licensed premises (IV); Accidents and security (V); Miscellaneous provisions relating to explosives and liquefied gases (VI); Proceedings and enforcement (VII); Regulations, orders, codes of practice, undertakings and advice on compliance (VIII); Savings and transitional provisions - Dangerous Goods and Equipment (Public Safety) Acts (Amendment) Act 2005 (IX); and Savings and transitional provisions - Dangerous Goods Amendment (Trasnport) Act 2008 (X).
Full text: English
Website: www.legislation.vic.gov.au