Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Regulation 2010
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6 Objects of regulation The main objects of this regulation are as follows: (a) to set out the obligations of people involved in the transport of dangerous goods by road; (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 road; (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 road; (d) to promote consistency between the standards, requirements and procedures applying to the transport of dangerous goods by road and other modes of transport.