Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts Australian Capital Territory Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) This Act is additional to any other law about dangerous goods in force in the ACT.
(2) If a provision of any other Territory law is inconsistent with a provision of this Act, the provision of this Act prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
(3) However, if a provision of an overriding law is inconsistent with a provision of this Act, the provision of the overriding law prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
(4) This Act does not apply to a member of the Defence Force acting in the course of his or her duties as a member.
(5) This Act does not apply to the transport of dangerous goods by road.
(6) In subsection (5):
"dangerous goods" does not include a substance or article declared by the regulations 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; and
(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.
(7) In this section:
"overriding law" means—
(a) the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989 ; or
(b) regulations made under that Act; or
Note On the republication date, the following regulations were in force:
• the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 1991 ;
• the Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulations 2000 ;
• the Occupational Health and Safety (Manual Handling) Regulations 1997 .
(c) the Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912 ; or
(d) the Scaffolding and Lifts Regulations
1950 .