Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE (DANGEROUS GOODS BY RAIL) REGULATION 2018 - REG 80

80 Duties of consignors

(1) A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the load is not appropriately placarded.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) A person must not consign a placard load for transport if the placarding of the load is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) A person must not consign goods for transport in or on a cargo transport unit that does not contain a placard load but is placarded as if it contained a placard load.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) However, subsection (3) does not apply if the placarding of the cargo transport unit complies with the requirements for the contents of the cargo transport unit in—

(a) the ICAO technical instructions; or

(b) the IMDG Code.