Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Regulation 2010
132Offence—driver—filling ratio and ullage
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132 Offence—driver—filling ratio and ullage (a) drives a tank vehicle that is transporting dangerous goods; and of refrigerated liquid—the quantity of goods in the tank exceeds the maximum permitted filling ratio set out in the ADG code, section 10.3.2; or (ii) in any other case—the ullage in the tank does not comply with the ADG code, section 10.3.1. (a) the person drives a vehicle that has a tank (the first tank); and (b) the first tank contains goods that are not dangerous goods; and (c) another compartment of the first tank, or another tank on the vehicle, contains dangerous goods; and
(d) the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the ullage in the first tank would not comply with the ADG code, section 10.3.1 if the goods mentioned in paragraph (b) were (3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) s (3) (see Criminal Code, s 59).
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