Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulations 2021
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(1) In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears –
Act means the Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2010 ;
administrative determination means a determination to which regulation 24 applies;
ADG Code means the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail approved by the Transport and Infrastructure Council, as in force or remade from time to time;
ADR approved means approved in accordance with the Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road published by the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe;
aggregate quantity, in relation to a load containing dangerous goods, means the total of –
(a) the number of kilograms in the load of –
(i) solid dangerous goods; and
(ii) articles, including aerosols; and
(b) the number of litres or kilograms, being whichever is used in the transport documentation for the load to describe the goods, of liquid dangerous goods in the load; and
(c) the total capacity in litres of receptacles in the load containing dangerous goods of UN Class 2 (except aerosols);
appropriately marked has the meaning given by regulation 71 ;
approval means an approval that is in effect and made by the Competent Authority or an authorised body under these regulations;
approved packaging means –
(a) packaging of a design that is approved under regulation 51 ; or