(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or
with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be
prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying
out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) In particular, the regulations may make
provision for or with respect to the following--
(a) the identification and
classification of dangerous goods,
(b) identifying, classifying and
regulating goods that are too dangerous to be transported (including
prohibiting the transport of such goods),
(c) the making of determinations by
a Competent Authority for the purposes of the regulations in relation to the
following--
(i) the identification and classification of goods as
dangerous goods,
(ii) the identification and classification of
dangerous goods,
(iii) the specification of what is, and what is not,
compatible with dangerous goods for transport purposes,
(e) fees that are to be paid for things done under this Act, including the
refund and waiver of fees, or particular types of fees, in whole or in part,
(h) voluntary accreditation schemes,
including privileges to be accorded or sanctions to be imposed under the
schemes and the cancellation or suspension of the schemes,
(n) the approval by a Competent Authority of the
form in which applications are to be made to the Authority, and the form in
which documents are to be issued by the Authority, for the purposes of the
regulations,
(p)
documents required to be prepared or kept by people involved in the transport
of dangerous goods by road or rail and the approval by a Competent Authority
of alternative documentation,
(q) obligations arising, and procedures to be
followed, in the event of a dangerous situation in relation to the transport
of dangerous goods by road or rail,
(s) the training and qualifications required of people involved in,
and the approval of training courses and qualifications relating to
involvement in, the transport of dangerous goods by road or rail,
(t) the
recognition of laws of other jurisdictions relating to the transport of
dangerous goods by road or rail and of things done under those laws, and the
giving effect to those things,
(u) the recognition of a body consisting of
the Competent Authorities of this jurisdiction and other equivalent bodies in
other jurisdictions to provide oversight on decisions made under this Act or
the regulations that may have implications for other jurisdictions, and other
matters in relation to such a body, including the recognition of decisions
made by such a body,
(v) the recognition of accredited providers of training,
package testing, design verification and other similar activities,
(w) the
passing of information on persons relevant to licensing or compliance and
enforcement matters to another Competent Authority and other authorities
involved in the enforcement of road and rail laws,
(x) requiring a person
involved in the transport of dangerous goods by road or rail to hold
insurance, or some other form of indemnity, in relation to that transport,
(y) appeals against, and the review of, decisions under this Act, including
conferring jurisdiction on--
(i) a court or courts to hear appeals against
decisions under the regulations, and
(3) The Minister is not
to recommend the making of a regulation containing provisions for the purposes
of subsection (2) (y) (ii) unless the Minister certifies that the Minister
administering the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 has agreed to
the provisions.
