Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2018
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132 Train drivers
(1) A person must not drive a train, from a depot or yard, that the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, is transporting dangerous goods, if the person does not have transport documentation for the goods.
(2) A train driver transporting dangerous goods must produce the transport documentation for the goods for inspection by an inspector or an officer of an emergency service, if requested by that inspector or officer.
(3) This regulation does not apply if the train driver transporting dangerous goods is in a depot or yard, or is engaged in shunting operations, and the transport documentation for the goods is readily available elsewhere in the immediate vicinity of the depot, yard, or those operations.