Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008
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13 Regulation-making powers
13 Regulation-making powers
(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) In particular, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—
(a) the identification and classification of dangerous goods,
(b) identifying, classifying and regulating goods that are too dangerous to be transported (including prohibiting the transport of such goods),
(c) the making of determinations by a Competent Authority for the purposes of the regulations in relation to the following—
(i) the identification and classification of goods as dangerous goods,
(ii) the identification and classification of dangerous goods,
(iii) the specification of what is, and what is not, compatible with dangerous goods for transport purposes,
(iv) prohibiting or regulating the transport of dangerous goods by road or rail,
(v) regulating the containment of dangerous goods that are being, or that are to be, transported by road or rail,
(d) the analysis and testing of dangerous goods,
(e) fees that are to be paid for things done under this Act, including the refund and waiver of fees, or particular types of fees, in whole or in part,
(f) the marking and labelling of packages containing dangerous goods for transport by road or rail and the placarding of vehicles and packaging on or in which dangerous goods are transported by road or rail,
(g) containers, vehicles, packaging, equipment and other items used in the transport of dangerous goods by road or rail,
(h) voluntary accreditation schemes, including privileges to be accorded or sanctions to be imposed under the schemes and the cancellation or suspension of the schemes,
(i) the loading of dangerous goods for, and the unloading of dangerous goods after, their transport by road or rail,