Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE (DANGEROUS GOODS BY RAIL) REGULATION 2018 - REG 123

123 Duties of drivers

(1) A person must not drive a rail vehicle that is transporting dangerous goods in a tank or a tank vehicle if the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that—

(a) for dangerous goods of UN class 2 that are not in the form of refrigerated liquid—the quantity of goods in the tank or tank of the tank vehicle is more than the maximum permitted filling ratio stated in section 10 .3.2 of the ADG Code; or

(b) otherwise—the ullage in the tank or tank of the tank vehicle does not comply with section 10 .3.1 of the ADG Code.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A person must not drive a rail vehicle if—

(a) the vehicle is transporting—

(i) goods (the
"other goods" ) that are not dangerous goods in a tank (the
"other goods tank" ), including in a tank vehicle; and

(ii) dangerous goods in the other goods tank or another tank, including in another tank vehicle, at the same time; and

(b) the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the ullage in the other goods tank would not comply with section 10 .3.1 of the ADG Code if the other goods were dangerous goods.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.