Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004

Dangerous Goods Safety Regulations Amendment Regulations 2024

 

 

Dangerous Goods Safety Regulations Amendment Regulations 2024

Contents

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

Part 2 — Dangerous Goods Safety (Road and Rail Transport of Non‑explosives) Regulations 2007 amended

3.Regulations amended1

4.Regulation 4 amended1

5.Regulation 4A inserted1

4A.Meaning of ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods1

6.Regulation 14A inserted1

14A.Transport of ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods — instruction and training1

7.Regulation 163 amended1

8.Regulation 164 amended1

9.Regulation 165 amended1

10.Regulation 166 amended1

11.Regulation 170A inserted1

170A.Temperature monitoring — ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods1

12.Schedule 1 amended1

Part 3 — Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non‑explosives) Regulations 2007 amended

13.Regulations amended1

14.Regulation 4 amended1

15.Regulation 9 amended1

16.Regulation 10 amended1

17.Schedule 4 amended1

 

Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004

Dangerous Goods Safety Regulations Amendment Regulations 2024

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.Citation

These regulations are the Dangerous Goods Safety Regulations Amendment Regulations 2024.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)Part 1 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website (publication day);

(b)the rest of the regulations — on the day after the period of 4 months beginning on publication day.

Part 2 — Dangerous Goods Safety (Road and Rail Transport of Non‑explosives) Regulations 2007 amended

3.Regulations amended

This Part amends the Dangerous Goods Safety (Road and Rail Transport of Non‑explosives) Regulations 2007.

4.Regulation 4 amended

(1)In regulation 4 delete the definition of IMDG Code.

(2)In regulation 4 insert in alphabetical order:

 

ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods has the meaning given in regulation 4A;

IMDG Code means the IMDG Code: International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code published by the International Maritime Organization;

UN Number (or “UN” followed by a number), in relation to dangerous goods, means the identification serial number in the ADG Code section 3.2.3 Table 3.2.3 column 1 in relation to those goods;

 

5.Regulation 4A inserted

After regulation 4 insert:

 

4A.Meaning of ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods

The dangerous goods listed in the Table are ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods.

Table

Ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods

UN No.

Division

Ammonium nitrate, with not more than 0.2% total combustible material, including any organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of any other added substance

1942

5.1

Ammonium nitrate based fertiliser

2067

5.1

Ammonium nitrate, liquid (hot concentrated solution)

2426

5.1

Ammonium nitrate emulsion or suspension or gel, intermediate for blasting explosives

3375

5.1

 

6.Regulation 14A inserted

After regulation 14 insert:

 

14A.Transport of ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods — instruction and training

A person must not transport a placard load of ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods by road vehicle unless the person has received appropriate instruction and training in the use of —

(a)the additional fire fighting equipment with which the road vehicle is equipped that meets the requirements of regulation 165(1)(c); and

(b)the temperature monitoring equipment with which the road vehicle is equipped to enable compliance with regulation 170A(2)(a).

Penalty: a fine of $10 000.

 

7.Regulation 163 amended

In regulation 163:

(a)in paragraph (b) delete “Part.” and insert:

 

Part; and

 

(b)after paragraph (b) insert:

 

(c)if the placard load contains ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods — additional fire fighting equipment that —

(i)is operational at all times, including when the engine of the road vehicle is turned off; and

(ii)is suitable for the control and extinguishment of the types of fire scenarios likely to be encountered in relation to ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods.

 

8.Regulation 164 amended

(1)In regulation 164(1):

(a)in paragraph (b) delete “Part.” and insert:

 

Part; and

 

(b)after paragraph (b) insert:

 

(c)if the placard load contains ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods — additional fire fighting equipment that —

(i)is operational at all times, including when the engine of the road vehicle is turned off; and

(ii)is suitable for the control and extinguishment of the types of fire scenarios likely to be encountered in relation to ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods.

 

(2)At the end of regulation 164(1) insert:

 

Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $10 000.

 

(3)In regulation 164(2):

(a)in paragraph (a) delete “a fire extinguisher” and insert:

 

fire fighting equipment

 

(b)delete paragraph (a)(ii) and insert:

 

(ii)AS 1851 Routine service of fire protection systems and equipment;

 

(c)in paragraph (c) delete “fire extinguisher,” and insert:

 

fire fighting equipment,

 

(4)In regulation 164(2) in the Penalty delete “Penalty:” and insert:

 

Penalty for this subregulation:

 

9.Regulation 165 amended

(1)In regulation 165(1):

(a)in paragraph (b) delete “Part.” and insert:

 

Part; and

 

(b)after paragraph (b) insert:

 

(c)if the placard load contains ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods — additional fire fighting equipment that —

(i)is operational at all times, including when the engine of the road vehicle is turned off; and

(ii)is suitable for the control and extinguishment of the types of fire scenarios likely to be encountered in relation to ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods.

 

(2)At the end of regulation 165(1) insert:

 

Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $3 000.

 

(3)In regulation 165(2):

(a)in paragraph (a) delete “a fire extinguisher” and insert:

 

fire fighting equipment

 

(b)delete paragraph (a)(ii) and insert:

 

(ii)AS 1851 Routine service of fire protection systems and equipment;

 

(c)in paragraphs (c) and (d) delete “fire extinguisher,” and insert:

 

fire fighting equipment,

 

(4)In regulation 165(2) in the Penalty delete “Penalty:” and insert:

 

Penalty for this subregulation:

 

10.Regulation 166 amended

In regulation 166(3) delete “AS 3790‑1992 (Portable Warning Triangles for Motor Vehicles)” and insert:

 

AS 3790 Portable Warning Triangles for Motor Vehicles

 

11.Regulation 170A inserted

After regulation 170 insert:

 

170A.Temperature monitoring — ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods

(1)In this regulation —

at the relevant times means —

(a)reasonably prior to each time —

(i)the ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods are loaded onto the road vehicle; or

(ii)the ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods are unloaded from the road vehicle;

or

(b)each time the road vehicle parks;

responsible person, in relation to a record or a copy of a record, means —

(a)the driver who made the record or copy; and

(b)the owner of the road vehicle to which the record or copy relates; and

(c)the prime contractor who used the road vehicle to which the record or copy relates to transport the ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods.

(2)The driver of a road vehicle transporting a placard load that contains ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods must at the relevant times —

(a)monitor the temperature of all readily accessible wheel hubs or all readily accessible tyres of the road vehicle; and

(b)record the temperatures.

Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $5 000.

(3)A record, or a copy of a record, made under subregulation (2)(b) must be retained by the responsible person for at least 3 months after the transport of the ammonium nitrate explosion risk goods finishes.

Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $5 000.

(4)It is not a failure to comply with subregulation (3) if —

(a)the record or copy is retained in a form other than paper; and

(b)a readily legible paper copy of the record or copy can be readily created at any time during the 3 months at the request of a DGO.

(5)A person does not commit an offence under subregulation (3) if the record or copy is retained by another person.

 

12.Schedule 1 amended

After Schedule 1 item 55 insert:

 

55A.

Regulation 170A(2)

300

 —

55B.

Regulation 170A(3)

300

1 500

 

Note: The heading to regulation 156A is to read:

Prime contractor’s duties: retention of documents

Part 3 — Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non‑explosives) Regulations 2007 amended

13.Regulations amended

This Part amends the Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non‑explosives) Regulations 2007.

14.Regulation 4 amended

(1)In regulation 4 delete the definition of IMDG Code.

(2)In regulation 4 insert in alphabetical order:

 

IMDG Code means the IMDG Code: International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code published by the International Maritime Organization;

 

(3)In regulation 4 in the definition of combustible liquid paragraph (b) delete “1940:2017,” and insert:

 

1940,

 

(4)In regulation 4 in the definition of UN Number delete “Chapter 3.2.3 Column” and insert:

 

section 3.2.3 Table 3.2.3 column

 

15.Regulation 9 amended

In regulation 9(2)(a) delete “Chapter 3.2.3 Column” and insert:

 

section 3.2.3 Table 3.2.3 column

 

16.Regulation 10 amended

In regulation 10(2)(a) delete “Chapter 3.2.3 Column” and insert:

 

section 3.2.3 Table 3.2.3 column

 

17.Schedule 4 amended

In Schedule 4 in clause 2(3) delete “2700S‑1996” and insert:

 

2700S

 

K. COLLERAN, Clerk of the Executive Council

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