Dangerous Goods Act 1985
75Dangerous Goods Amendment (Penalty Reform) Act 2019
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75 Dangerous Goods Amendment (Penalty Reform) Act 2019
(1) The amendments made to this Act by section 3, 4(1), 4(2), 4(3), 5(1), 5(2), 6, 7, 9(1) or 10 of the Dangerous Goods Amendment (Penalty Reform) Act 2019 apply only to an offence alleged to have been committed on or after the commencement of that section.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section 3, 4(1), 4(2), 4(3), 5(1), 5(2), 6, 7, 9(1) or 10 of the Dangerous Goods Amendment (Penalty Reform) Act 2019, the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.
Schedules
Sch. 1 amended by No. 78/1995 s. 9(d), repealed by No. 31/2005 s. 5.
Schedule 2––Subject-matter for regulations
Section 52(1)
1 The classification of dangerous goods.
Sch. 2 cl. 2 substituted by No. 82/2001 s. 33.
2 Prohibiting or regulating the manufacture, storage, supply, installation, transfer, transport, sale, resale, use or reuse of dangerous goods.
Sch. 2 cl. 3 substituted by No. 82/2001 s. 33.
3 Prohibiting the manufacture, storage, supply, installation, transfer, transport, sale, resale, use or reuse of dangerous goods in particular circumstances, or otherwise than in accordance with specified conditions.
4 The employment or prohibition of the employment of persons under a specified age in or in connexion with the manufacture, storage, transfer, transport, sale or use of dangerous goods.
5 The maximum quantities of dangerous goods which may be sold to any person at any one time.
6 Prohibiting the sale of dangerous goods to any person under the age of eighteen years.
7 Prohibiting or controlling the use of dangerous goods.
8 Prescribing any premises as a place where dangerous goods may be stored by the public.
9 The odorization, denaturation or stabilization of dangerous goods.
10 Standards of quality for dangerous goods and the methods to be used in determining the quality of dangerous goods.
11 Methods and apparatus to be used in determining the physical or chemical properties of dangerous goods.
12 Any act, matter or thing in, at or on any premises used or intended to be used for or in connexion with the manufacture, storage, transfer or sale of dangerous goods.
Sch. 2 cl. 13 amended by No. 82/1995 s. 193(a).
13 The conditions under which dangerous goods may be loaded onto or into or transported in or discharged from or unloaded from any vehicle, ship or boat.