Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1975 (REPEALED) - SECT 10

    (1)     Subject to this section, the chief inspector may issue licences authorising the carriage of dangerous goods.

    (2)     The chief inspector shall not issue a licence under this section authorising the carriage of dangerous goods unless, having made due inquiry, the chief inspector is satisfied that—

        (a)     the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold the licence; and

        (b)     the construction of the vehicle in which it is proposed to carry the goods and the design, composition and construction of the container in which it is proposed to carry the goods are such as to ensure the safety of the goods and of the public during the course of the carriage of the goods; and

        (c)     all reasonable precautions have been taken, to ensure the safe carriage of the goods and the safety of the public.

    (3)     The chief inspector shall not issue a licence under this section unless it specifies—

        (a)     the person to whom it is issued; and

        (b)     the dangerous goods or the class or classes of dangerous goods the person is authorised to carry; and

        (c)     the container in which the person is authorised to carry the dangerous goods (whether by reference to a vehicle of which it forms part, or otherwise).

    (4)     While a licence under this section is in force—

        (a)     the person to whom it was issued; and

        (b)     any employee of that person acting in the course of his or her employment by that person; and

        (c)     if that person is a corporation—any person acting in his or her capacity as a director of the corporation;

are authorised to carry the goods or goods of the class or classes specified in the licence in the container so specified but only when they are carrying the goods in accordance with the terms and conditions(if any) of the licence.