Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT REFORM (DANGEROUS GOODS) REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 1.29

(1)

This regulation applies if:

(a)

a person manufactures goods in Australia or imports goods into Australia; and

(b)

the goods are not dangerous goods under paragraph 2.2 (1) (a), (b), (c) or (d); and

(c)

the goods are not goods to which a determination under paragraph 1.18 (b) applies; but

(d)

the person suspects, or reasonably ought to suspect, that the goods satisfy the UN dangerous goods tests and criteria for determining whether goods are dangerous goods.

(2) The person must not consign or transport the goods by road unless the person finds out whether the goods satisfy the tests and criteria.

Penalty:   $3,000