Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018
sec.126Duties of consignors
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sec.126 Duties of consignors
A person must not consign dangerous goods for transport in or on a vehicle if the prime contractor or driver of the vehicle does not have transport documentation complying with chapter 11.1 of the ADG Code for the goods. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. A person must not consign dangerous goods for transport if— the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the goods will be divided into, and transported in, separate loads; and the prime contractor, or the driver of each vehicle transporting the load, has not been given separate transport documentation complying with chapter 11.1 of the ADG Code for each load. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.126-ssec.1) A person must not consign dangerous goods for transport in or on a vehicle if the prime contractor or driver of the vehicle does not have transport documentation complying with chapter 11.1 of the ADG Code for the goods. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.126-ssec.2) A person must not consign dangerous goods for transport if— the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the goods will be divided into, and transported in, separate loads; and the prime contractor, or the driver of each vehicle transporting the load, has not been given separate transport documentation complying with chapter 11.1 of the ADG Code for each load. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
- (a) the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the goods will be divided into, and transported in, separate loads; and
- (b) the prime contractor, or the driver of each vehicle transporting the load, has not been given separate transport documentation complying with chapter 11.1 of the ADG Code for each load.