Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Oil) Regulations 2017
12Health and safety requirements
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12 Health and safety requirements
(1) A wholesale supplier of a declared petroleum product must ensure that: (a) each road vehicle that is used by the wholesale supplier, or an agent of or a contractor to the wholesale supplier, to transport the declared petroleum product is: (i) suitable to load the declared petroleum product at the wholesale supplier’s facilities; and (ii) able to safely transport the declared petroleum product; and (iii) clearly marked as suitable to load, and able to safely transport, the declared petroleum product; and (b) each driver of a road vehicle that is used by the wholesale supplier, or an agent of or contractor to the wholesale supplier, to transport a declared petroleum product carries evidence that the driver is competent to operate the road vehicle.
Note: Arrangements for testing the vehicle, and assessing drivers, may be required under another law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
(2) A customer must ensure that: (a) each road vehicle under the customer’s control that is used to transport a declared petroleum product is: (i) suitable to load the declared petroleum product at the supplier’s facilities; and (ii) able to safely transport the declared petroleum product; and (iii) is clearly marked as suitable to load, and able to safely transport, the declared petroleum product; and (c) each driver of a road vehicle under the customer’s control that is used to transport a declared petroleum product carries evidence that the driver is competent to operate the road vehicle.
Note: Arrangements for testing the vehicle, and assessing drivers, may be required under another law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.