Interpretations, amplifications and requirements

supplementary to the IMDG Code

1 Application

The provisions of this Appendix apply to a ship:

(a) registered in Australia
  (i) when loading dangerous goods in an Australian port; and
  (ii) when loading dangerous goods in a port of another country provided that such loading must, in the case of conflict, comply with the statutory requirements of that country; and
(b) registered in a country other than Australiawhen loading dangerous goods in an Australian port.

2 Interpretation of the IMDG Code

In applying the IMDG Code, foodstuffs means any food, pharmaceutical or other material intended for human or animal ingestion but does not include skin creams and liniments etc. not meant for ingestion.

3 Packaging Approval

3.1 Subject to 3.2, packagings for dangerous goods must be tested to the requirements of Part 6 of the IMDG Code and approved by the competent authority.[24]

3.2 All Type B packaging for radioactive materials must be approved by the Manager, Ship Inspections.

4 Cargo transport units

4.1 The packing of cargo transport units must comply with the IMO/ILO/UN ECE Guidelines for Packing of Cargo Transport Units.[25]

4.2 The packing of dangerous goods into cargo transport units must be supervised by a competent person[26] with a knowledge of the requirements of the Code and of the IMO/ILO/UN ECE Guidelines for Packing of Cargo Transport Units.

4.3 A cargo transport unit in transit under fumigation must comply with the relevant provisions of the Recommendations on the Safe Use of Pesticides in Ships[27] and must, as far as practicable, comply with the relevant provisions of the IMO/ILO/UN ECE Guidelines for Packing of Cargo Transport Units.

5 Portable Tanks, including Tank Containers

5.1 Interpretations

5.1.1 In Chapters 6.7, 6.8 and 6.9 of the IMDG Code:

authorized body means a survey authority approved for the purposes of the Navigation Act or a State or Territory competent authority for road or rail transport;

national material standards means the yield and ultimate strength, ductility and other mechanical or chemical criteria specified in Australian Standard AS 1210 (Pressure Vessels) or, if such details are not specified in AS 1210, as determined by the Manager, Ship Inspections; and

recognised pressure vessel code means, for tanks designed and built for registration in Australia, the Australian Standard AS 1210 (Pressure Vessels) or other standard which is: