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Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulation 2009.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
New South Wales
Document type
Regulation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous substances Transport/storage Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

The main objects of this Regulation are: (a) to set out the obligations of persons involved in the transport of dangerous goods by land transport, (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, (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.

Full text
English
Website
www.austlii.edu.au

References - Legislation

Implements

Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008.

Legislation | Australia | 2008 (2017)

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Transport/storage, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulation 2014.

Legislation | Australia | 2014 (2017)

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Transport/storage, Offences/penalties, Procedural matters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX