126Consignor's duties – transport by rail

126 Consignor's duties – transport by rail

(1)  A person must not consign dangerous goods for transport in or on a unit of rolling stock if the rail operator does not have transport documentation that complies with Chapter 11.1 of the ADG Code for the goods.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 55 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(2)  For the purposes of subregulation (1) , a rail operator is taken to have transport documentation if the contents of the documentation have been communicated to the rail operator by means of electronic data processing or electronic data interchange.