Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

EXPLOSIVES AND DANGEROUS GOODS (DANGEROUS GOODS HANDLING AND STORAGE) REGULATIONS 1992 - REG 4.19

4.19 .         Handling of goods

        (1)         Dangerous goods received into licensed premises and not required for immediate use shall immediately be conveyed into the appropriate depot in which they are to be kept in or on the premises according to the provisions of these regulations.

        (2)         Dangerous goods taken from a depot in or on licensed premises for dispatch from the premises shall be removed from the premises as soon as is practicable after the vehicle for their transport is loaded.

        (3)         Dangerous goods other than solid goods of Packing Group III shall not be conveyed within licensed premises except — 

            (a)         in approved packaging or other suitable container; or

            (b)         if by means of pipes, the pipes are so constructed and connected that the goods or vapour from the goods cannot escape from the pipes during conveyance except through approved relief devices.

        (4)         Dangerous goods when received in approved containers shall be stored in those containers until ready for use, but if the container in which they are received is a bulk container the bulk container or its contents shall be transferred directly into a bulk depot or the dangerous goods transferred forthwith at an approved filling station to other approved containers.

        (5)         A package containing dangerous goods — 

            (a)         shall not be opened in or on licensed premises except in the area in which the goods are to be used or in the immediate vicinity of the depot in which the goods have been or are to be kept; and

            (b)         when opened for the removal of goods — 

                  (i)         shall be left open only for the time necessary for the removal of the goods, and then immediately closed;

                  (ii)         shall, if not required again for immediate use, be placed in a depot; and

                  (iii)         shall, if no goods remain in the package, be immediately removed to a safe place.

        (6)         All practicable precautions shall be taken for preventing the escape of dangerous goods, or vapour from dangerous goods, from a package or bulk container.

        (7)         A person who stores dangerous goods on any premises shall ensure that where any packaging containing dangerous goods kept in or on, or received into, those premises is damaged, leaking or otherwise defective, the dangerous goods shall be immediately repacked, if it is safe to do so, into sound packaging.

        (8)         A person who stores dangerous goods shall ensure that dangerous goods spilled in or on the premises shall be cleaned up and so disposed of that they will not constitute a danger to any person or property.

        [Regulation 4.19 amended in Gazette 8 Jun 1999 p. 2506.]