Western Australian Current Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY (EXPLOSIVES) REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 106

106 .         Prime contractor’s duties

        (1)         A prime contractor must not use a vehicle to transport an explosive, other than an explosive named in, and transported in accordance with, Schedule 7, by road or rail unless —

            (a)         the vehicle is marked in accordance with the AE Code Chapter 3; and

            (b)         the vehicle complies with the AE Code Chapter 6; and

            (c)         the explosives are transported in accordance with the AE Code Chapter 6.

        Penalty: a level 1 fine and imprisonment for 10 months.

        (2)         Despite the AE Code section 6.4.2(2), subregulation (1) does not operate to require a vehicle used to transport an explosive by road to be approved by the Chief Officer.

        [Regulation 106 amended: Gazette 24 Nov 2009 p. 4738.]