7Incorporated and adopted documents

7 Incorporated and adopted documents

(1) If any provision of any document is incorporated or adopted by these Regulations, the incorporation or adoption does not—

(a) include any requirement for approval from the Authority in relation to the storage and handling of dangerous goods; or

(b) permit any departure from the requirements of the document incorporated or adopted at the sole discretion of a person to whom those requirements apply.

(2) If the effect of an amendment to any document incorporated or adopted by these Regulations is—

(a) to prohibit an activity, process or thing, the amendment takes effect on the day after it is published, or on any later date specified in the document by which the amendment was made; or

(b) to impose a new obligation or to alter an existing obligation under these Regulations, a person may comply with these Regulations as if the amendment had not been made until the expiry of 12 months after the date on which the amendment takes effect.

(3) If a provision of any document incorporated or adopted by these Regulations is inconsistent with any provision of these Regulations, the provision of these Regulations prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.