Section 77 - Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulations 2021 - Consignor’s duties

77Consignor’s duties

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77 Consignor’s duties

(1) A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the load is not appropriately placarded.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 170 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 35 penalty units.

(2) A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the placarding of the load is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 170 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 35 penalty units.

(3) A person must not consign goods for transport in or on a cargo transport unit that does not contain dangerous goods but that is placarded as if it were a placard load.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 170 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 35 penalty units.

(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply if the placarding of the cargo transport unit complies with the requirements of the ICAO Technical Instructions or the IMDG Code with respect to the contents of the cargo transport unit.

(5) A person must not consign a load of dangerous goods (other than a placard load) for transport in or on a cargo transport unit if –

(a) the load is placarded; and

(b) the placarding is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 170 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 35 penalty units.