137Driver’s duties

137 Driver’s duties

137 Driver’s duties

(1) A person must not drive a road tank vehicle transporting dangerous goods if the person knows, or reasonably ought to know—

(a) for dangerous goods of UN Class 2 that are not in the form of refrigerated liquid—the quantity of goods in the tank exceeds the maximum permitted filling ratio set out in section 10.3.2 of the ADG Code, or

(b) otherwise—the ullage in the tank does not comply with section 10.3.1 of the ADG Code.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A person must not drive a road vehicle if—

(a) the vehicle has a tank (tank A) containing goods that are not dangerous goods, and

(b) the vehicle at the same time contains dangerous goods in another tank or in another compartment of tank A, and

(c) the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, the ullage in tank A in relation to the non-dangerous goods would not comply with section 10.3.1 of the ADG Code if the goods were dangerous goods.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.