{"id":"dangerous-goods-safety-general-regulations-2007","name":"Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007","slug":"dangerous-goods-safety-general-regulations-2007","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174492,"registerId":"wa-dangerous-goods-safety-general-regulations-2007-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nDangerous Goods Safety Act 2004\n\nDangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007\n\nWestern Australia\n\nDangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007\n\nContents\n\nPart 1 — Preliminary matters\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used 1\n\nPart 2 — Matters for the Act Parts 1 and 2\n\n4. “Dangerous goods” prescribed (Act s. 3(1)(a)) 3\n\n5. “Dangerous goods”, how Chief Officer determines (Act s. 3(1)(b)) 5\n\n6. Goods too dangerous to transport (Act s. 16) 5\n\nPart 3 — Matters for the Act Part 4\n\n7. Applying for exemption 7\n\n8. Dealing with application for exemption 8\n\n9. Register of exemptions 8\n\nPart 4 — Matters for the Act Part 5\n\n10. Identity cards, prescribed details (Act s. 28) 9\n\nPart 5 — Infringement notices\n\n11. Prescribed offences (Act s. 56) 10\n\n12. Infringement notice, form of (Act s. 56) 10\n\n13. Withdrawal of infringement notice, form of (Act s. 56) 10\n\nPart 6 — Miscellaneous matters\n\n14. Fees, Chief Officer may reduce etc. 11\n\n15. Licences, Chief Officer may synchronise duration of and date for payment of annual fees for 11\n\nSchedule 1 — Specific dangerous goods\n\nSchedule 2 — Forms\n\n1. Infringement notice (r. 12) 15\n\n2. Withdrawal of infringement notice (r. 13) 18\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 20\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nDangerous Goods Safety Act 2004\n\nDangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007\n\n## Part 1 — Preliminary matters\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\n\t\tThese regulations are the *Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation as follows:\n\n(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the *Gazette*;\n\n(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day on which Part 3 of the Act comes into operation.\n\n##### 3. Terms used\n\nIn these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\n  Act means the *Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004*;\n\nADG Code means the *Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail* (also called the Australian Dangerous Goods Code) published by the National Transport Commission, including (for the avoidance of doubt) its appendices;\n\n  combustible liquid has the meaning given in the *Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non-explosives) Regulations 2007* regulation 4;\n\n  flashpoint of a liquid, means the temperature at which the liquid first evolves vapour in a sufficient quantity to be ignited when tested in accordance with —\n\n(a) AS 2106 — *Methods for the determination of the flash point of flammable liquids (closed cup) (series)* published by Standards Australia; or\n\n(b) a technical standard that specifies a test that is equivalent to that specified in AS 2106;\n\n  Form, if followed by a number, means the form of that number in Schedule 2;\n\n  section means a section of the Act;\n\nUNTC means the *Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Manual of Tests and Criteria*, Sixth revised edition, published by the United Nations (ISBN 978‑92‑1‑139155‑8).\n\n[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 22 Jun 2010 p. 2781; 5 Feb 2016 p. 355; 3 Mar 2017 p. 1475; SL 2020/193 r. 4.]\n\n## Part 2 — Matters for the Act Parts 1 and 2\n\n##### 4. “Dangerous goods” prescribed (Act s. 3(1)(a))\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\n  Dangerous Goods List means the Dangerous Goods List in the ADG Code Chapter 3.2 as read with the other provisions in the ADG Code Part 3.\n\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of “dangerous goods” in section 3(1), a substance or article is dangerous goods if —\n\n(a) under the ADG Code, it is within any of these classes or divisions of dangerous goods —\n\n(i) Class 1 (explosives);\n\n(ii) Class 2 (gases);\n\n(iii) Class 3 (flammable liquids);\n\n(iv) Class 4 (flammable solids; substances liable to spontaneous combustion; substances which, on contact with water emit flammable gases);\n\n(v) Class 5 (oxidizing substances and organic peroxides);\n\n(vi) Division 6.1 (toxic substances);\n\n(vii) Class 8 (corrosive substances);\n\n(viii) Class 9 (miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles);\n\nor\n\n(b) it is named or described in Schedule 1.\n\n(3) Without limiting the generality of subregulation (2)(a), a substance or article is dangerous goods for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of “dangerous goods” in section 3(1) if —\n\n(a) it is named in column 2 of the Dangerous Goods List, irrespective of whether the name is —\n\n(i) a generic name; or\n\n(ii) a name described as “N.O.S”;\n\nor\n\n(b) it satisfies —\n\n(i) the criteria set out or referred to in the ADG Code Part 2; or\n\n(ii) the tests and criteria in the UNTC,\n\nfor determining if goods are dangerous goods; or\n\n(c) it —\n\n(i) is named or described in the ADG Code Appendix A; or\n\n(ii) satisfies the tests and criteria in the UNTC for determining if goods are too dangerous to transport.\n\n(4) Despite subregulation (3), a substance or article is not dangerous goods for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of “dangerous goods” in section 3(1) if under the ADG Code, it is within any of these classes or divisions of dangerous goods —\n\n(a) Division 6.2 (infectious substances);\n\n(b) Class 7 (radioactive material).\n\n(5) Despite subregulations (2)(a) and (3), a substance or article is not dangerous goods for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of “dangerous goods” in section 3(1) if it is not subject to the ADG Code because of a special provision in the ADG Code Chapter 3.3 that applies to it by virtue of column 6 of the Dangerous Goods List.\n\n##### 5. “Dangerous goods”, how Chief Officer determines (Act s. 3(1)(b))\n\n(1) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of “dangerous goods” section 3(1), a determination by the Chief Officer that a substance or article is dangerous goods must —\n\n(a) be in writing; and\n\n(b) be published in the *Gazette*.\n\n(2) The Chief Officer must keep, and make available for public inspection, a register of determinations made under subregulation (1).\n\n##### 6. Goods too dangerous to transport (Act s. 16)\n\n(1) For the purposes of section 16, goods are too dangerous to transport if they are dangerous goods and —\n\n(a) are named or described in the ADG Code Appendix A; or\n\n(b) satisfy the tests and criteria in the UNTC for determining if goods are too dangerous to transport,\n\nunless, under this regulation, the Chief Officer has determined they are not too dangerous to transport.\n\n(2) For the purposes of section 16, goods are too dangerous to transport if they are dangerous goods and, under this regulation, the Chief Officer has determined they are too dangerous to transport and has not cancelled the determination.\n\n(3) The Chief Officer may determine that particular dangerous goods are or are not too dangerous to transport.\n\n(4) A determination made by the Chief Officer under this regulation may specify the circumstances under which particular dangerous goods are or are not too dangerous to transport.\n\n(5) The Chief Officer may amend or cancel a determination made under this regulation.\n\n(6) A determination made under this regulation must —\n\n(a) be in writing; and\n\n(b) be published in the *Gazette*.\n\n(7) The Chief Officer must keep, and make available for public inspection, a register of determinations made under this regulation.\n\n[Regulation 6 amended: Gazette 22 Jun 2010 p. 2781.]\n\n## Part 3 — Matters for the Act Part 4\n\n##### 7. Applying for exemption\n\nAn application for an exemption under the Act Part 4 must —\n\n(a) be made in writing; and\n\n(b) state the applicant’s name and address; and\n\n(c) state such of the following as are relevant to the application —\n\n(i) the place, vehicle or thing, or the class of places, vehicles or things, to which the exemption would apply;\n\n(ii) the activity relating to the storage, handling or transport of dangerous goods, or the class of such activities, to which the exemption would apply;\n\n(iii) the person, or the class of person, to which the exemption would apply;\n\nand\n\n(d) state name and description and class of the dangerous goods to which the exemption would apply; and\n\n(e) state the regulations and the provision of them to which the exemption would apply; and\n\n(f) state the period for which the exemption is wanted; and\n\n(g) state the grounds for the application; and\n\n(h) whether or not the application is for an exemption to be granted under section 22, include information relevant to deciding the matters referred to in section 22(2); and\n\n(i) be signed and dated by the applicant; and\n\n(j) be given to the Chief Officer, even if the application is for an exemption to be granted under section 21.\n\n##### 8. Dealing with application for exemption\n\nOn an application made under regulation 7, the Chief Officer may request the applicant to supply any other information that the Chief Officer believes is reasonably necessary to enable the Minister or the Chief Officer, as the case requires, to decide whether to grant an exemption or not.\n\n##### 9. Register of exemptions\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\n  register means the register referred to in section 23(8).\n\n(2) The register must include the following information in respect of each exemption granted under the Act Part 4 —\n\n(a) who applied for it;\n\n(b) whichever of the following is relevant —\n\n(i) the place, vehicle or thing, or the class of places, vehicles or things, to which it applies;\n\n(ii) the activity relating to the storage, handling or transport of dangerous goods, or the class of such activities, to which it applies;\n\n(iii) the person, or the class of person, to which it applies;\n\n(c) the name and description and class of the dangerous goods to which it applies;\n\n(d) the regulations and the provision of them to which it applies;\n\n(e) if it was published in the *Gazette*, the date on which it was published and the page of the *Gazette*;\n\n(f) the date on which it came into operation;\n\n(g) the period for which it is granted;\n\n(h) details of any amendment made to the exemption and the date it was made;\n\n(i) if the exemption is cancelled, the date it is cancelled.\n\n## Part 4 — Matters for the Act Part 5\n\n##### 10. Identity cards, prescribed details (Act s. 28)\n\nFor the purposes of section 28, the following details are prescribed for any identification card issued to a DGO —\n\n(a) the short title of the Act;\n\n(b) the name of the department of the Public Service that principally assists in the administration of the Act;\n\n(c) the full name of the DGO;\n\n(d) the signature of the DGO;\n\n(e) a colour photograph of the DGO;\n\n(f) the date on which the card is issued;\n\n(g) the date on which the card expires;\n\n(h) the signature of the Chief Officer.\n\n## Part 5 — Infringement notices\n\n##### 11. Prescribed offences (Act s. 56)\n\nFor the purposes of section 56, the prescribed offences are those offences prescribed for the purposes of that section by other regulations made under the Act.\n\n##### 12. Infringement notice, form of (Act s. 56)\n\nFor the purposes of section 56(3), the prescribed form of an infringement notice is Form 1.\n\n##### 13. Withdrawal of infringement notice, form of (Act s. 56)\n\nFor the purposes of section 56(7), the prescribed form of a withdrawal of an infringement notice is Form 2.\n\n## Part 6 — Miscellaneous matters\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1257.]\n\n##### 14. Fees, Chief Officer may reduce etc.\n\nIf, in the circumstances of a particular case in which a fee is payable under the Act, the Chief Officer thinks it is fair or reasonable to do so, he or she may reduce, or refund or waive all or part of, the fee.\n\n[Regulation 14 inserted: Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1257.]\n\n##### 15. Licences, Chief Officer may synchronise duration of and date for payment of annual fees for\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\nlicence means —\n\n(a) any of these licences granted under the *Dangerous Goods Safety (Explosives) Regulations 2007* —\n\n(i) an explosives import/export licence;\n\n(ii) an explosives manufacture licence;\n\n(iii) an explosives manufacture (MPU) licence;\n\n(iv) an explosives storage licence;\n\n(v) an explosives transport licence;\n\n(vi) an explosives supply licence;\n\n(b) any of these licences granted under the *Dangerous Goods Safety (Security Sensitive Ammonium Nitrate) Regulations 2007* —\n\n(i) an SSAN import/export licence;\n\n(ii) an SSAN manufacture licence;\n\n(iii) an SSAN storage licence;\n\n(iv) an SSAN transport licence;\n\n(v) an SSAN supply licence;\n\n(vi) an SSAN fertiliser licence;\n\n(c) a licence granted under the *Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non‑explosives) Regulations 2007* Part 4;\n\n(d) a registration for a dangerous goods pipeline granted under the *Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non-explosives) Regulations 2007* Part 5.\n\n(2) This regulation operates despite the following —\n\n(a) the *Dangerous Goods Safety (Explosives) Regulations 2007* regulation 167;\n\n(b) the *Dangerous Goods Safety (Security Sensitive Ammonium Nitrate) Regulations 2007* regulation 35;\n\n(c) the *Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non-explosives) Regulations 2007* regulations 34 and 97.\n\n(3) If a person holds 2 or more licences, the Chief Officer, with the person’s consent —\n\n(a) may reduce the duration of one or more of them in order that all of them will, due to the passage of time, expire simultaneously; and\n\n(b) may set for all or some of the licences one date in each year as the date on which any fee payable each year for each licence is due (the due date).\n\n(4) If under subregulation (3)(a) the Chief Officer decides to reduce the duration of a licence —\n\n(a) he or she must cancel the licence and issue a replacement in identical terms that specifies the date on which the licence will expire; and\n\n(b) the reduction takes effect on the day on which the replacement licence is issued.\n\n(5) If under subregulation (3)(b) the Chief Officer decides to set a due date, he or she must give the holder of the licences written notice of —\n\n(a) the due date; and\n\n(b) each licence to which the due date applies; and\n\n(c) each fee to which the due date applies.\n\n[Regulation 15 inserted: Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1258‑9; amended: Gazette 5 Feb 2016 p. 355‑6.]\n\nSchedule 1 — Specific dangerous goods\n\n[r. 4(2)(b)]\n\n| **Item** | **Name or description of substance or article** |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1. | Any substance that contains more than 45% ammonium nitrate. |\n| 2. | Sulphur in any form, despite special provision 242 in the ADG Code Chapter 3.3 and despite regulation 4(5). |\n| 3. | Any combustible liquid. |\n\n\nSchedule 2 — Forms\n\n[r. 3]\n\n1. Infringement notice (r. 12)\n\n- *Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 s. 56**Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007* **Infringement notice**Number:\n- **Alleged offender**(individual) Family name\n- Given names\n- Address\n- Date of birth Male/Female\n- Driver’s licence No.: State/Country:Type: Class(es): Expiry date:\n- **Alleged offender**(body corporate) Name\n- ACN ABN\n- Address\n- **Description of alleged offence** Date Time\n- Place\n- Details1\n- Regulation contravened2\n- **Modified penalty** The modified penalty for the alleged offence is $\n- **Vehicle details**3 Plate No. State\n- Licence expiry date Vin/Chassis No.\n- Make Colour\n- Body type\n- **Officer issuing notice** Name\n- Office\n- Signature\n- **Date of issue**\n- **Notice to alleged offender** It is alleged that you have committed the above offence.If you want the alleged offence dealt with in court, tick the box below, post this notice to the address below, and do not pay the modified penalty above.If you do not wish to be prosecuted for the alleged offence in court, pay the modified penalty above within 28 days after the date on which you receive this notice. See below for how and where to pay the modified penalty.If you want an extension of time to pay the modified penalty, contact the Chief Dangerous Goods Officer at the address below.Paying the modified penalty will not be taken to be an admission for the purposes of any civil or criminal court case.If you do not pay the modified penalty, you may be prosecuted in court for the alleged offence and, if convicted, you will be liable to a penalty and costs.\n- **Alleged offender’s response**[Tick one box] To — Resources Safety\nDepartment of Mines and Petroleum\nMineral House\n100 Plain Street\nEast Perth WA 6004□ I want this alleged offence dealt with by a court.□ I want to pay the modified penalty in person. □ I want to pay the modified penalty by post. □ I want to pay the modified penalty online. □ I want to pay the modified penalty by telephone.\n- **How to pay the modified penalty** In person *[Details for paying in person]*\n- By post Post this notice, with a cheque or money order made payable to *[payee]*, to:*[Address]*Do not send cash in the mail.\n- Online *[Details for online payments]*\n- By telephone *[Details for telephone payments]*\n\n\nNotes to Form 1 —\n\n1. The details should say what the alleged offender has done that is a contravention of the law.\n\n2. Include here the name of the regulations and the number of the regulation contravened.\n\n3. Include vehicle details if alleged offence relates to a vehicle or to a person driving a vehicle.\n\n[Form 1 inserted: Gazette 5 Feb 2016 p. 356‑9.]\n\n2. Withdrawal of infringement notice (r. 13)\n\n- *Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 s. 56**Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007* **Withdrawal of infringement notice**\n- Alleged offender Family name\n- Given names\n- Address\n- Infringement notice Number\n- Date issued\n- Description of alleged offence Date Time\n- Place\n- Details\n- Regulation contravened\n- Date of this notice\n- Officer issuing this notice Name\n- Office\n- Signature\n- Notice to alleged offender The above infringement notice, which was issued for the above alleged offence, has been withdrawn.If you have already paid the modified penalty in accordance with the infringement notice, you are entitled to a refund of the money.To obtain a refund post this notice to —Resources SafetyDepartment of Mines and PetroleumMineral House100 Plain StreetEast Perth WA 6004\n\n\n[Form 2 amended: Gazette 22 Jun 2010 p. 2782.]\n\n![dline]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Published** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007* | 31 Dec 2007 p. 7143-60 | r. 1 and 2: 31 Dec 2007 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Mar 2008 (see r. 2(b) and *Gazette* 29 Feb 2008 p. 669) |\n| *Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Amendment Regulations 2010* | 22 Jun 2010 p. 2780-2 | r. 1 and 2: 22 Jun 2010 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 23 Jun 2010 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Amendment Regulations 2012* | 16 Mar 2012 p. 1257‑9 | r. 1 and 2: 16 Mar 2012 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Apr 2012 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Dangerous Goods Safety Regulations Amendment Regulations 2016* Pt. 3 | 5 Feb 2016 p. 343‑68 | 6 Feb 2016 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Dangerous Goods Safety Regulations Amendment Regulations 2017* Pt. 3 | 3 Mar 2017 p. 1474-82 | 4 Mar 2017 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007* as at 7 Apr 2017** (includes amendments listed above) | | |\n| *Dangerous Goods Safety Regulations Amendment Regulations 2020* Pt. 2 | SL 2020/193 9 Oct 2020 | 10 Oct 2020 (see r. 2(c)) |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\nAct 3\n\nADG Code 3\n\ncombustible liquid 3\n\nDangerous Goods List 4(1)\n\ndue date 15(3)(b)\n\nflashpoint 3\n\nForm 3\n\nlicence 15(1)\n\nregister 9(1)\n\nsection 3\n\nUNTC 3\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative text was available for analysis. The page returned only a system error message and an Acknowledgement of Country statement."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source page returned a 'no longer available' error","Analysis is impossible without the actual text of the regulations","Score of 1 reflects absence of content, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"## ⚠️ Content Unavailable\n\nThe requested legislation — the **Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007** (Western Australia) — could not be retrieved. The page is no longer available at its original web address due to system and security upgrades on the Western Australian legislation website.\n\n**What we do know:**\n- This is a **Western Australian regulation** (subordinate law made under a parent Act)\n- It relates to **dangerous goods safety** — rules governing how hazardous materials (substances or articles that pose risks to people, property or the environment) are stored, handled, transported or used\n- It was made in **2007**\n\n**Who it likely affects:** Businesses and individuals who handle, store, transport or dispose of dangerous goods in Western Australia — such as fuel, chemicals, explosives or flammable materials.\n\n**To access the current version**, visit the [Western Australian Legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search directly for the Dangerous Goods Safety (General) Regulations 2007."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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Those mechanisms alter which goods fall within the Act compared with a pure reliance on the ADG Code."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-references to external technical instruments (ADG Code, UNTC, AS 2106) that determine classification and tests (regs 3, 4(3), 6(1)(b)).","Regulatory definitions both adopt and depart from the ADG Code: the regulations name classes that count as dangerous goods and explicitly exclude Division 6.2 and Class 7 and special-provision-exempt items (reg 4(2)–(5); Schedule 1).","Chief Officer discretion to determine goods as dangerous or too dangerous to transport, to amend/cancel determinations, and requirement to publish and maintain registers (regs 5(1)–(2), 6(3)–(7)); creates administrative decision-making and record-keeping obligations.","Detailed procedural requirements for exemption applications and a prescribed public register content create compliance burdens for applicants and administrative workload for the regulator (regs 7–9).","Prescribed operational forms and notices (infringement and withdrawal forms, identity-card details) standardise enforcement and ID checks but require agencies and regulated parties to adopt specific documentation (regs 10, 12–13; Schedule 2).","Powers to reduce, refund or waive fees and to synchronise licence durations/due dates introduce discretionary financial administration affecting licence-holders (regs 14, 15).","Interplay with multiple other regulations (Explosives, SSAN, Storage and Handling) and amendments increases legal drafting density and potential for overlap or timing issues (reg 15(1)–(2)).","Schedules and amendments across time add layered content (Schedule 1; compilation table), so users must track current consolidated text and Gazette publications (regs 5(1)(b), 6(6)(b), compilation table)."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out which substances count as \"dangerous goods\" for the Dangerous Goods Safety Act by adopting the Australian Dangerous Goods (ADG) Code, naming a few specific substances, and excluding some classes. They also create processes: the Chief Officer can declare goods too dangerous to transport, publish decisions and registers, grant exemptions, prescribe identity-card and infringement forms, and adjust fees and licence dates. Businesses and individuals who store, handle, transport or hold licences for dangerous goods must follow the resulting rules, paperwork and enforcement steps."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of operationalising the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004. While it has been amended several times (as shown in the compilation table), these amendments appear to be incremental improvements rather than scope creep — adding practical features like fee synchronisation and updated forms rather than expanding into new policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Heavy reliance on external documents (ADG Code, UNTC, AS 2106) that aren't reproduced in the text — users must cross-reference multiple external standards","Nested definitions: 'dangerous goods' is defined by reference to the Act definition, which is modified by these regulations, which in turn reference the Dangerous Goods List, which is part of the ADG Code","Multiple carve-outs and exceptions: radioactive material and infectious substances are explicitly excluded, and special provisions in the ADG Code can also exclude goods","Cross-referencing between multiple sets of regulations (Explosives Regulations, Ammonium Nitrate Regulations, Storage and Handling Regulations) in Part 6","Conditional logic in Regulation 4 with 'despite' clauses creating exceptions to exceptions (e.g., sulphur is included despite ADG Code special provision 242)","Regulation 15 creates an override ('operates despite') mechanism affecting three other regulatory schemes simultaneously"],"plain_english_summary":"This is Western Australian law that sets out the nuts and bolts of how the **Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004** actually works in practice. Think of it as the 'instruction manual' for handling dangerous materials like explosives, flammable liquids, toxic chemicals, and gases.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   **Defines what counts as 'dangerous goods'** — It points to the national Australian Dangerous Goods Code (ADG Code) and adds a few extra items like sulphur and combustible liquids. It also excludes certain things like radioactive material and infectious substances.\n*   **Sets rules for exemptions** — If a business can't comply with the usual rules, they can apply for an exemption. This law spells out what must go in that application and requires the Chief Officer to keep a public register of all exemptions granted.\n*   **Identifies goods 'too dangerous to transport'** — Some substances are so risky they can't be moved on roads or rail at all. The Chief Officer can make official determinations about which goods fall into this category.\n*   **Creates infringement notices** — It provides the official forms (like speeding tickets, but for dangerous goods offences) that inspectors can issue on the spot for minor breaches.\n*   **Administrative practicalities** — It covers things like what must appear on an inspector's ID card, when fees can be waived, and allows businesses with multiple licences to synchronise their renewal dates so everything expires at once.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n*   Anyone who stores, handles, or transports dangerous goods in Western Australia\n*   Businesses dealing with explosives, ammonium nitrate, flammable liquids, or corrosive substances\n*   Dangerous Goods Officers (inspectors) who enforce the law\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis law bridges the gap between the broad principles in the main Act and the day-to-day reality of chemical safety. By adopting the national ADG Code, it ensures WA aligns with Australian standards, but it also adds local wrinkles (like treating sulphur as dangerous regardless of what the national code says). The exemption and infringement notice systems give flexibility while maintaining safety standards."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/dangerous-goods-safety-general-regulations-2007","history":"/api/acts/dangerous-goods-safety-general-regulations-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/dangerous-goods-safety-general-regulations-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/dangerous-goods-safety-general-regulations-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/dangerous-goods-safety-general-regulations-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/dangerous-goods-safety-general-regulations-2007/documents"}}