Victorian Consolidated Regulations

2 Reg. 256(1): S.R. No. 127/2000 as amended by S.R. Nos 96/2005 and 54/2007. - SECT 51

Package and packaging

51. Package and packaging



(1) A package of dangerous goods or other goods is the complete product of the
packing of the goods for transport, and consists of the goods and their
packaging.

(2) The packaging of the goods is the container in which the goods are
received or held for transport, and includes anything that enables the
container-

   (a)  to receive or hold the goods; or

   (b)  to be closed.

Notes 1. It may be that the container constitutes the whole of the packaging
as in the case of a drum in which is directly placed dangerous goods. 2.
Unlike in United Nations publications relating to the transport of dangerous
goods, the term packaging is used in these Regulations in its ordinary
meaning. As such, packaging includes inner, outer and composite packaging;
overpacks and large packaging; IBCs; MEGCs; tanks; bulk and freight
containers; drums; barrels; jerry cans; boxes and bags (see regulation 5).