Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE (DANGEROUS GOODS BY RAIL) REGULATION 2018 - REG 28

28 Declaration of non-participating dangerous goods jurisdictions

(1) A State is not a participating dangerous goods jurisdiction if—

(a) the Ministerial Council decides the law of the State does not include provisions having the same, or substantially the same, effect as the model legislation; and

(b) the Minister, by gazette notice, declares the State is not a participating dangerous goods jurisdiction.

(2) In this section—

"model legislation" means—

(a) the ‘Model Act on the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road or Rail’, as amended and approved by the Ministerial Council from time to time; and

(b) the ‘Model Subordinate Instrument on the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road or Rail’, as amended and approved by the Ministerial Council from time to time.

Editor’s note—

The model legislation is available on the Australasian Parliamentary Counsel’s Committee website.