Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE (DANGEROUS GOODS BY RAIL) REGULATION 2018 - REG 78

78 When loads must be placarded

(1) A load that contains dangerous goods must be placarded if—

(a) it contains—

(i) dangerous goods in a receptacle with a capacity of more than 500L; or

(ii) more than 500kg of dangerous goods in a receptacle; or

(b) it contains an aggregate quantity of dangerous goods of 250 or more, other than specified goods, and the goods include—

(i) dangerous goods of UN division 2.1 that are not aerosols; or

(ii) dangerous goods of UN division 2.3 ; or

(iii) dangerous goods of packing group I; or

(c) it contains dangerous goods of category A of UN division 6.2 ; or

(d) it contains an aggregate quantity of dangerous goods of UN division 6.2 (other than category A) of 10 or more; or

(e) it contains an aggregate quantity of dangerous goods of 1,000 or more, other than specified goods.

(2) A load that contains dangerous goods must be placarded if the load contains specified goods and—

(a) the specified goods include an aggregate quantity of 2,000 or more of a dangerous good of a particular UN number from a single place of consignment; or

(b) the total gross mass of the specified goods is 8 tonnes or more.

Note—

This subsection applies separately and in addition to subsection (1) . See table 5.3 of the ADG Code.

(3) A load that contains dangerous goods, other than a load required to be placarded under subsection (1) or (2) , must be placarded if—

(a) the load contains a mixture of specified goods and other dangerous goods; and

(b) either of the following calculations apply—

(i) if the load contains dangerous goods mentioned in subsection (1) (b) (i) , (ii) or (iii) —the aggregate quantity of the goods, plus 10% of the total gross mass of the specified goods, is 250 or more;

(ii) otherwise—the aggregate quantity of the other dangerous goods, plus 25% of the total gross mass of the specified goods, is 1,000 or more.

(4) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to a dangerous good that is an article.

(5) In this section—

"specified goods" means—

(a) dangerous goods packed in limited quantities; or

(b) without limiting paragraph (a) , any of the following dangerous goods—

(i) fireworks that are bon bons, party poppers or sparklers;

(ii) domestic smoke detectors containing radioactive material;

(iii) lighters or lighter refills containing flammable gas;

(iv) fire extinguishers containing a net mass of not more than 23kg of compressed or liquefied gas; or

(c) a combination of any of the dangerous goods mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) .

"UN number" , for a dangerous good, means the UN number, within the meaning of the ADG Code, for the good.

Note—

An aggregate quantity in relation to a load containing dangerous goods mentioned in this section is worked out in the way provided for under schedule 3 , definition aggregate quantity .