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).
Australia · 1985-06-30