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DANGEROUS GOODS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1998 (NO. 36 OF 1998) - SECT 2

Commencement

    This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette .

3.     Principal Act

    In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Dangerous Goods Act 1984 . 1

4.     Application

    Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

“(3)     The Dangerous Goods Act and the Dangerous Goods Regulation do not apply to the transport of dangerous goods by road.

“(4)     In subsection (3)—

‘dangerous goods' does not include a substance or article declared by the Dangerous Goods Regulation to be a dangerous good to which this definition applies;
‘transport', in relation to dangerous goods, includes—

        (a)     the packing, loading and unloading of the goods, and the transfer of the goods to or from a vehicle, for the purpose of their transport;

        (b)     the marking of packages and unit loads containing dangerous goods, and the placarding of containers and vehicles in which dangerous goods are transported; and

        (c)     other matters incidental to their transport.”.

5.     Consequential amendments

(1)     The Dangerous Goods Act is amended as set out in Part 1 of the Schedule.

(2)     The Dangerous Goods Regulation is amended as set out in Part 2 of the Schedule.


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