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CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY ROAD AMENDMENT BILL 1993

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        Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Amendment Bill 1993


  CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS
   BY ROAD AMENDMENT BILL 1993


                     EXPLANATORY NOTES


  Clause 1 states the Short Title (Citation) of the Act.
  Clause 2 provides for the Act to commence on a date to be fixed by
proclamation.
  About 2,000 vehicles involved in the transport of Liquefied Petroleum
Gas (LPG) and other hydrocarbon gases will be required to be licensed by
the Department of Transport in accordance with the Dangerous Goods Act.
Licensing of these vehicles is not required under the Gas Act at present.
  Approximately 400 drivers are currently licensed by the Department of
Minerals and Energy to drive vehicles transporting bulk LPG and other
hydrocarbon gases. This function will be transferred to the Department of
Transport.
   It is proposed that proclamation be delayed by 2 months to allow
information dissemination to industry about the new requirements.
   Following proclamation an administrative amnesty of 6 months will be
applied to vehicle licensing and 12 months for bulk driver authorisation to
allow full progression by industry into the new scheme. This time needs to
be allowed as the department cannot begin to issue new licences or
authorisations until proclamation.
  Clause 3 identifies the Act to be amended.
   Clause 4 amends the application of the Act such as to include the
transport of LPG under most circumstances and the transport of all other
hydrocarbon gases.
   To implement the relevant recommendations of the Public Sector
Management Commission (PSMC) to transfer administrative responsibility
for the road transport of LPG and all other hydrocarbon gases from the
Department of Minerals and Energy to the Department of Transport.
 
 
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        Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Amendment Bill 1993


  Industry consultation has identified that certain operators transporting
LPG would be faced with unnecessary difficulty if compliance with the
Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act was required. These people are
small scale LPG distributors, farmers and tradespersons where the load
aggregates to 1,000 litres capacity or less.
  Clause 5 amends the meaning of the terms "dangerous goods" and "the
Code" and deletes obsolete meanings.
   The new meaning for "dangerous goods" is to avoid reference to Orders
in Council and alternatively refer to regulations. In addition adopt a new
meaning for "the Code" which was endorsed by the Australian Transport
Advisory Council.




                          © The State of Queensland 1993

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