Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT REFORM (DANGEROUS GOODS) REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 4.25

(1)

The Competent Authority may, on application made in accordance with regulations 4.24 and 17.1, approve a design for a tank for use in the transport of dangerous goods in bulk of a particular type by road if:

(a)

the design complies with Chapter 4 of the ADG Code; or

(b)

the design does not comply with the Chapter, but the Authority considers that the risk involved in using the tank is not greater than the risk involved in using a tank complying with the Chapter.

(2)

The approval of the design may be subject to any condition about the construction, use or maintenance of a tank manufactured in accordance with the design necessary for the safe use of the tank.

(3)

In this regulation, a reference to the design of a tank includes a reference to the design of:

(a)

the attachment system to any vehicle of which the tank is intended to form a part or to which it is intended to be attached; and

(b)

the stability characteristics, and other attributes, of the vehicle affecting the suitability of a tank manufactured in accordance with the design to transport the dangerous goods.