New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATION 1999 - REG 21

21 Dangerous goods to be kept dry

(1) A person having the custody of dangerous goods must take all practicable precautions to prevent water from coming into contact with them.

Penalty: Contravention of this subclause is an offence and is punishable in accordance with clause 340.

(2) Subclause (1) does not prohibit:

(a) the installation or use of water sprinkler systems in a building or place for the purpose of extinguishing fires, or

(b) the use of water to cover dangerous goods where the water is used to prevent air or oxygen from reacting with the goods and does not itself materially react with them, or

(c) the use of water for the purpose of extinguishing fires in an emergency in a building or place.