102Obligations for port facility time limits

102 Obligations for port facility time limits

102 Obligations for port facility time limits

(1) A responsible consignor or agent for dangerous goods that are export goods must ensure that the goods are not delivered to a port facility for loading on to a ship if the goods will remain at the port facility for a period that exceeds the port facility time limit for the goods.

(2) A responsible consignor or agent for dangerous goods that are trans-shipment goods that have been unloaded at a port facility must ensure that the goods are loaded on to the ship that will carry the goods out of the port within the port facility time limit for the goods.

(3) A port facility operator must ensure that dangerous goods that are brought to the port facility, or unloaded at the port facility, are removed from the port facility within the port facility time limit for the goods.

(4) The responsible consignor or agent for import goods and the consignee of import goods that have been unloaded at a port facility must ensure that the goods are removed from the port facility within the port facility time limit for the goods.

Maximum penalty (subsections (1)–(4))—

(a) if the port facility time limit is exceeded by less than 48 hours—50 penalty units for a corporation and 10 penalty units for an individual, or

(b) if the port facility time limit is exceeded by 48 hours or more, but less than 96 hours—100 penalty units for a corporation and 20 penalty units for an individual, or

(c) if the port facility time limit is exceeded by 96 hours or more—300 penalty units for a corporation and 60 penalty units for an individual.