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10Application of Act to dangerous goods and high risk plant
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10 Application of Act to dangerous goods and high risk plant
10 Application of Act to dangerous goods and high risk plant
(1) The following provisions of the Act are excluded from the operation of the Act, Schedule 1—
(a) Part 5, Divisions 2–8,
(b) Part 6,
(c) Part 7.
(1A) For the Act, Schedule 1, clause 6, definition of dangerous goods, dangerous goods listed in the section 328(1A), the Table are prescribed as dangerous goods if the quantity of the goods is more than the corresponding threshold for the goods.
(1B) For subsection (1A), dangerous goods listed in section 328(1A), the Table have the same meaning as they have in the ADG Code.
(1C) For the Act, Schedule 1, clause 6, definition of high risk plant, the following plant is prescribed—
(a) boilers categorised as hazard level A, B or C according to criteria specified in section 2.1 of AS 4343:2014, Pressure equipment—Hazard levels,
(b) pressure vessels categorised as hazard level A, B or C according to criteria specified in section 2.1 of AS 4343:2014, Pressure equipment—Hazard levels, excluding—
(i) LP gas fuel vessels for automotive use, and
(ii) serially produced vessels,
(c) lifts, escalators and travelators,
(d) amusement devices specified in section 2.1 of AS 3533.1-2009, Amusement rides and devices, Part 1:Design and construction, excluding the following—
(i) class 1 devices,
(ii) playground equipment,
(iii) water slides,
(iv) machines used to generate waves,
(v) sealed inflatable devices,
(vi) inflatable devices that do not use a non-return valve,
(e) gas cylinders.
Note—
Subsections (1A)–(1C) are NSW provisions.