Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 92.170

  (1)   In this regulation:

"Class B cargo compartment" and Class C cargo compartment have the same respective meanings as in ICAO Document 9481, Emergency Response Guidance for Aircraft Incidents Involving Dangerous Goods , as in force on 1   January 2004.

"UN" followed by a 4 - digit number is the number assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods to identify a substance or group of substances.

Note:   The numbers are set out in the UN Classification, which is available as a PDF file from:

  http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/unrec/English/part3.pdf.

"UN Classification" means Part   3 of the United Nations Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods , published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, as adapted by the International Civil Aviation Organization and set out in the Technical Instructions.

  (2)   Subregulations   92.020(6) and (7) and subparagraph   92.025(2)(b)(i) do not apply to the carriage of dangerous goods in the main deck cargo compartment of an aircraft if:

  (a)   the aircraft:

  (i)   is operating in Australian territory; and

  (ii)   does not have an underfloor cargo compartment; and

  (b)   in the case of an aircraft engaged in passenger - carrying operations, the compartment is not a class B or class C cargo compartment; and

  (c)   the cargo compartment is separated from the passenger cabin by a bulkhead or other barrier that will prevent fire and hazardous quantities of smoke or toxic gases from entering the passenger cabin or crew compartment; and

  (d)   the goods meet all of the packing, labelling, marking, documentation, stowage and segregation requirements of the Technical Instructions; and

  (e)   the goods do not have a subsidiary risk; and

  (f)   either:

  (i)   the proper shipping name for the goods given by the UN Classification does not include the letters 'n.o.s'; or

  (ii)   the labelling rules set out in the UN Classification do not require the technical name of the goods to be used as well as the proper shipping name; and

  (g)   the goods are of any of the following kinds:

  (i)   goods classified in Division   1.4 and compatibility group S (certain explosives);

  (ii)   aerosols that contain gases classified in Division   2.1 (flammable gases);

  (iii)   gases classified in Division   2.2 (non - flammable and non - toxic gases) (except UN 2037, UN 2073 and UN 2857);

  (iv)   flammable liquids (Class 3) in Packing Group III in combination packagings (except UN 1112, UN 2047, UN 2059, UN 2332, UN 3054 and UN 3269);

  (v)   flammable solids (Division   4.1) in Packing Group III (except UN 1309, UN 1313, UN 1314, UN 1318, UN 1324, UN 1330, UN 1338, UN 1353, UN 1869, UN 2000, UN 2213, UN 2714, UN 2715, UN 2878, UN 3089 and UN 3241);

  (vi)   oxidizing substances (Division   5.1) in Packing Group III (except UN 1458, UN 1459, UN 1467, UN 1481, UN 1482, UN 1483, UN 2427, UN 2428, UN 2429, UN 2469, UN 2726, UN 2984, UN 3210, UN 3211, UN 3213, UN 3215, UN 3216, UN 3218 and UN 3219);

  (vii)   toxic substances (Division   6.1) in Packing Group III in combination packagings (except UN 1549, UN 1550, UN 1551, UN 1556, UN 1557, UN 1593, UN 1599, UN 1655, UN 1686, UN 1690, UN 1710, UN 1812, UN 1887, UN 1888, UN 1897, UN 1935, UN 2024, UN 2025, UN 2074, UN 2077, UN 2233, UN 2501, UN 2505, UN 2515, UN 2609, UN 2655, UN 2656, UN 2674, UN 2713, UN 2747, UN 2785, UN 2788, UN 2821, UN 2831, UN 2853, UN 2854, UN 2855, UN 2856, UN 2871, UN 2874, UN 3141, UN 3144, UN 3146, UN 3286 and UN 3293);

  (viii)   infectious substances (Division   6.2);

  (ix)   diagnostic specimens   (UN 3373) packed in accordance with Packing Instruction 650 of the Technical Instructions;

  (x)   radioactive material (Class 7) but only excepted packages and packages assigned category I - White only;

  (xi)   corrosives (Class 8) in Packing Group III in combination packagings (except UN 1731, UN 1740, UN 1755, UN 1757, UN 1783, UN 1787, UN 1788, UN 1789, UN 1814, UN 1819, UN 1824, UN 1908, UN 2430, UN 2496, UN 2508, UN 2564, UN 2578, UN 2585, UN 2586, UN 2672, UN 2677, UN 2679, UN 2681, UN 2693, UN 2790, UN 2803, UN 2809, UN 2837, UN 2869, UN 3145, UN 3253 and UN 3320);

  (xii)   dangerous goods classified in Class 9 (except UN 1931, UN 1941, UN 1990, UN 2211, UN 2590, UN 3268, UN 3314, UN 3316, UN 3363 and UN 8000);

  (xiii)   dangerous goods permitted by the Technical Instructions to be carried in excepted quantities.

Note:   This regulation creates a defence to the offences created by subsections   23(2) and (2A) of the Act. A defendant charged with either of those offences bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters set out in this regulation--see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .

  (3)   Subregulations   92.020(6) and (7) and subparagraph   92.025(2)(b)(i) do not apply in relation to the carriage of UN 1072 (oxygen, compressed) in the main deck cargo compartment of an aircraft if the carriage is in accordance with paragraphs   (2)(a) to (d).

  (4)   Subregulations   92.020(6) and (7) and subparagraph   92.025(2)(b)(i) do not apply in relation to the carriage of UN 1993 (flammable liquid, n.o.s.) in the main deck cargo compartment of an aircraft if the carriage is in accordance with paragraphs   (2)(a) to (d).