3Main objects

3 Main objects

The main objects of these regulations are –

(a) to set out the obligations of persons involved in the transport of dangerous goods by land transport; and

(b) to reduce as far as practicable the risks of personal injury, death, property damage and environmental harm arising from the transport of dangerous goods by land transport; and

(c) to give effect to the standards, requirements and procedures of the ADG Code so far as they apply to the transport of dangerous goods by land transport; and

(d) to promote consistency between the standards, requirements and procedures applying to the transport of dangerous goods by land transport and other modes of transport.