Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Dangerous Goods Act 1985 - SECT 10

Adoption of ADG Code

10. Adoption of ADG Code



(1) Without limiting the generality of section 52(3)(c), any regulation made
under this Act may incorporate or adopt by reference the provisions of the
Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Seventh
edition or subsequent edition) wholly or partially or as amended by the
regulation.

(1A) A reference to a provision of the Australian Code for the Transport of
Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Seventh edition or subsequent edition) is to
be read as a reference to that provision as in force from time to time.

(1B) For the purposes of subsection (1A) and subject to subsection (1C), an
amendment to a provision of the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous
Goods by Road and Rail (Seventh edition or subsequent edition) is in force-

   (a)  from the date notice of the amendment is published in the Government
        Gazette by the Authority; or

   (b)  a later date determined by the Authority and specified in the notice.

(1C) If-

   (a)  the effect of the amendment is to impose a new obligation or to alter
        an existing obligation under the regulations; and

   (b)  the Authority has not determined a later date under subsection
        (1B)(b);

a person may choose to comply with the regulations as if the amendment had not
been made until 6 months after the date the amendment is notified under
subsection (1B).

(2) For the purposes of this Act, in any provision of the ADG Code a reference
to the "competent authority" shall be construed as a reference to the
Authority.





(3) Any reference in any Act, regulation, local law, subordinate instrument or
other document to the "Transport Code" is as from the commencement of section
41 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2000 to be construed as a
reference to the "ADG Code", unless the context otherwise requires.