DANGEROUS GOODS (ROAD AND RAIL TRANSPORT) ACT 2008 - SCHEDULE 1
DANGEROUS GOODS (ROAD AND RAIL TRANSPORT) ACT 2008 - SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 1 – Savings, transitional and other provisions
Part 1 - General
1 Savings and transitional regulations
(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of--this Act
(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later date.
(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as--(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.
Part 2 - Provisions consequent on enactment of this Act
2 Definition
In this
Part,
"former Act" means the Road and Rail Transport (Dangerous Goods) Act 1997 .
3 Authorised officers
(1) A person appointed as an authorised officer under the former Act and holding that position immediately before the commencement of section 17 of this Act is taken to have been appointed as an authorised officer under that section and the appointment is subject to the same conditions as were imposed on the original appointment.
(2) An identification card issued to an authorised officer under the former Act is taken to be an identification card issued under this Act until its replacement under the Act, and may be used by the authorised officer even though it refers to provisions of the former Act.
(3) The functions conferred on an authorised officer by Division 2 of Part 4 of this Act extend to matters arising before the commencement of that Division.
Part 3 - Provision consequent on enactment of Environment Protection Legislation Amendment (Stronger Regulation and Penalties) Act 2024
4 Definitions
In this part--
"amendment Act" means the Environment Protection Legislation Amendment
(Stronger Regulation and Penalties) Act 2024 .
"commencement" means the commencement of the amendment Act, Schedule 2.
5 Jurisdictional limits for proceedings in Local Court
Section 47, as amended by the amendment Act, applies to proceedings commenced but not finally determined before the commencement.