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This legislation has been repealed.

DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATION 1999 - REG 209

Special packaging requirements

209 Special packaging requirements

(1) A packaging for dangerous goods of Class 5.1, being pool chlorine intended for display for sale by retail, must not have a capacity greater than 20 kilograms.
(2) An inner or immediate packaging, being a packaging for dangerous goods of Class 2, must be:
(a) a cylinder of a type listed in AS 2030 (The approval, filling, inspection, testing and maintenance of cylinders for the storage and transport of compressed gases) , or
(b) an approved welded steel drum, or
(c) a refillable container designed and manufactured to withstand without bursting a pressure of at least 7 000 kilopascals and that is equipped with visual or other approved means of indicating to a person filling it when the filling ratio for which it was designed has been reached, or
(d) a disposable container designed and manufactured to withstand without bursting a pressure of at least twice the vapour pressure of the contents at 55°Celsius.
(3) An outer packaging for dangerous goods of Class 1.1 must have a net mass not exceeding 25 kilograms.
(4) An outer or immediate packaging for dangerous goods of Class 1 must, in addition to any requirement in clause 208, conform to the packagings and packing methods specified in Section 5 of the Australian Explosives Code, which must for the purpose of this clause be read as if:
(a) a recommendation were a requirement, and
(b) a reference to the transport of goods included a reference to the conveyance of goods and the handling of goods in the course of their sale or importation into the State.
(5) A portable plastics fuel container for dangerous goods of Class 3 of a capacity of 25 litres or less must comply with the ADG Code or AS 2906 (Fuel containers-Portable-Plastics and metal) , clause 1 excepted.



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