Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DANGEROUS GOODS (ROAD TRANSPORT) ACT 2009 (NO. 34 OF 2009) - SECT 197

A regulation may deal with the following:

        (a)     identifying and classifying goods as dangerous goods;

        (b)     identifying and classifying dangerous goods;

        (c)     identifying, classifying and regulating goods that are too dangerous to be transported (including prohibiting the transport of the goods);

        (d)     the analysis and testing of dangerous goods;

        (e)     the loading of dangerous goods for, and the unloading of dangerous goods after, transport;

        (f)     procedures for the transport of dangerous goods, including—

              (i)     the quantities and circumstances in which dangerous goods are to be transported; and

              (ii)     safety procedures and equipment;

        (g)     obligations arising, and procedures to be followed, in the event of a dangerous situation in relation to the transport of dangerous goods;

        (h)     the licensing of the following:

              (i)     vehicles used in the transport of dangerous goods;

              (ii)     drivers of vehicles used in the transport of dangerous goods;

              (iii)     other people involved in the transport of dangerous goods;

              (i)     documents required to be prepared or kept by people involved in the transport of dangerous goods, and the approval by a competent authority of alternative documentation;

        (j)     registers of approvals, exemptions and determinations.