144Train driver’s duties

144 Train driver’s duties

144 Train driver’s duties

(1) This section does not apply if a train driver transporting dangerous goods is in a depot or yard, or is engaged in shunting operations, and the transport documentation for the goods is readily available elsewhere in the immediate vicinity of the depot, yard or operations.

(2) A person must not drive a train the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, is transporting dangerous goods if the person does not have transport documentation for the goods.

Maximum penalty—15 penalty units.

(3) A train driver transporting dangerous goods must produce the transport documentation for the goods for inspection by an authorised officer, or an officer of an emergency service, if the officer asks the driver to produce the documentation for inspection.

Maximum penalty—15 penalty units.