This Regulation, consisting of 197 sections divided into 20 Parts, is under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 and regulates the transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail. The main purposes of this regulation are: a) to prescribe the obligations of persons involved in the transport of dangerous goods by rail; b) to reduce as far as practicable the risks arising from the transport of dangerous goods by rail; c) to give effect to the standards, requirements and procedures of the ADG Code as far as they apply to the transport of dangerous goods by rail; and d) to promote consistency between the standards, requirements and procedures applying to the transport of dangerous goods by rail and those applying to other modes of transport. It establishes special provisions for tools of trade and dangerous goods for private use that: a) are not transported in the course of a business of transporting goods but are transported by a person who intends to use them or so they may be used for a commercial purpose.
Australia · 2008-12-11