TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 161P Application of Act to goods too dangerous to be transported

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 161P

161P Application of Act to goods too dangerous to be transported

(1) Unless otherwise provided, provisions of this Act relating to dangerous goods also apply in relation to goods too dangerous to be transported.

(2) Subject to subsection (6) , this Act does not authorise the transport of goods too dangerous to be transported.

(3) For subsection (1) —

(a) a reference in a provision of this Act to dangerous goods includes a reference to goods too dangerous to be transported; and

(b) a reference in a provision of this Act to a dangerous goods regulation includes a reference to a regulation that makes provision for goods too dangerous to be transported; and

(c) a reference in a provision of this Act to a dangerous goods vehicle includes a reference to a vehicle, or a combination that includes a vehicle, transporting goods too dangerous to be transported; and

(d) a reference in a provision of this Act to a suspected dangerous goods vehicle includes a reference to a vehicle, or a combination that includes a vehicle, that an authorised officer reasonably believes is transporting goods too dangerous to be transported; and

(e) a reference in a provision of this Act to a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle includes a reference to a vehicle to which paragraph (c) or (d) applies.

(4) Subsections (1) and (3) do not apply to the following provisions—

(a) section 18 and section 19C ;

(b) chapter 5A , parts 1 to 3 ;

(c) section 154 ;

(d) section 157A (1) (c) .

(5) Also, subsections (1) and (3) do not apply to subordinate legislation made under this Act unless a particular instrument of subordinate legislation expressly provides.

(6) A requirement of this Act imposed because of this chapter does not apply to the transport of goods too dangerous to be transported to the extent the goods are transported by, or under the direction of, an authorised officer or relevant emergency service officer to prevent a dangerous situation.