145Prime contractor’s duties—retention of documents

145 Prime contractor’s duties—retention of documents

145 Prime contractor’s duties—retention of documents

(1) This section applies if this Regulation or the ADG Code requires a prime contractor to create or use a document in relation to the transport of dangerous goods.

(2) The prime contractor must keep the document, or a copy of the document, for at least 3 months after the transport of the dangerous goods by the prime contractor finishes.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—20 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate—100 penalty units.

(3) It is a failure to comply with subsection (2) if the prime contractor—

(a) does not retain a legible hard copy of the document, or a legible copy of the document in electronic form, for the 3 months, or

(b) cannot produce, at any time during the 3 months at the request of an authorised officer, a legible hard copy of the document or a legible copy of the document in electronic form.

s 145: Am 2023 (293), Sch 1[8].