Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018
sec.85Duties of consignors
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sec.85 Duties of consignors
A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the load is not appropriately placarded. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the placarding of the load is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. A person must not consign goods for transport in or on a cargo transport unit that does not contain a placard load but is placarded as if it contained a placard load. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. However, subsection (3) does not apply if the placarding of the cargo transport unit complies with the requirements for the contents of the cargo transport unit in— the ICAO technical instructions; or the IMDG Code. (sec.85-ssec.1) A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the load is not appropriately placarded. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.85-ssec.2) A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the placarding of the load is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.85-ssec.3) A person must not consign goods for transport in or on a cargo transport unit that does not contain a placard load but is placarded as if it contained a placard load. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.85-ssec.4) However, subsection (3) does not apply if the placarding of the cargo transport unit complies with the requirements for the contents of the cargo transport unit in— the ICAO technical instructions; or the IMDG Code.
- (a) the ICAO technical instructions; or
- (b) the IMDG Code.