New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATION 1999 - REG 89

89 Handling of dangerous goods

(1) The licensee of premises must observe, or cause to be observed, the requirements of this clause.

(2) Every person engaged as an employee or otherwise in work in or on licensed premises must to the extent practicable, having regard to the nature and scope of his or her duties or occupation, observe the requirements of this clause.

(3) All dangerous goods received into licensed premises and not required for immediate use must, as soon as practicable (but within 12 hours), be conveyed into the depot in which they are to be kept in or on the premises.

(4) All dangerous goods taken from a depot in or on licensed premises for despatch from the premises must, as soon as practicable (but within 12 hours), be removed from the premises.

(5) Dangerous goods other than solid goods must not be conveyed within licensed premises except:

(a) in closed containers so constructed that the goods cannot escape during conveyance, or

(b) by means of pipes so constructed and connected that the goods or vapour from them cannot escape from the pipes during the conveyance.

(6) A packaging containing dangerous goods in or on licensed premises:

(a) must not be opened except in the area in which the goods are to be used or in the immediate vicinity of the depot in which they have been or are to be kept, and

(b) when opened for the removal of goods must:

(i) be left open only for the time necessary for that removal, and then immediately closed, and

(ii) if goods (other than goods to the keeping of which this Division does not apply) remain in the packaging and it is outside a depot, be immediately placed in a depot, and

(iii) if no goods remain in the packaging, be immediately removed to a safe place.

(7) All practicable precautions must be taken for preventing the escape of dangerous goods, or vapour from dangerous goods, from a packaging, a tank or any other container.

(8) Dangerous goods kept in or on or received into licensed premises must, if the packagings are damaged, leaking or otherwise defective, be immediately repacked into sound packagings.

(9) Dangerous goods spilled in or on licensed premises must:

(a) immediately be cleaned up, and

(b) minimising to the maximum extent practicable any danger to persons, other property or the environment, be kept and ultimately disposed of in compliance with any applicable Australian Standard.

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