Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Application  
   5.      Act to bind Crown  

   PART 2--ADMINISTRATION

   6.      Declaration, &c., by Competent Authority  
   7.      Delegation  
   8.      Control of Competent Authority  

   PART 3--GENERAL DUTIES AND OFFENCES IN RELATION TO DANGEROUS GOODS

   9.      Safe handling of dangerous goods  
   10.     Person not to cause or contribute to dangerous situation  
   11.     Duties of manufacturers, &c., of dangerous goods  
   12.     Duties of manufacturers, &c., of plant  
   13.     Duties of erectors and installers of plant, &c.  
   14.     Duties of persons in charge of plant, &c.  
   15.     Goods too dangerous to transport  
   16.     Offences  

   PART 4--OFFICERS

   17.     Appointment of officers  
   18.     General powers and functions of officers  
   19.     Officer may direct person to answer questions  
   20.     Protection of officers and authorised persons  
   21.     Power to destroy, &c., certain dangerous goods  

   PART 5--PROHIBITION AND IMPROVEMENT NOTICES

   22.     Competent Authority may give prohibition notice  
   23.     Competent Authority may place mark on plant or container  
   24.     Competent Authority may give improvement notice  
   25.     Competent Authority may give further notice and carry out work  
   26.     Competent Authority may carry out work or cause work to be carried out  
   27.     Giving of notices  
   28.     Appeals against notices  

   PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

           Division 1--Legal Proceedings

   29.     Consent to prosecutions  
   30.     Time limits  
   31.     Averments  
   32.     Liability of employers, &c.  
   33.     Conduct of directors, &c., of bodies corporate  
   34.     Repeated offences and prohibition from handling dangerous goods  
   35.     Forfeiture, &c., of dangerous goods  
   36.     Disposal of forfeited goods  

           Division 2--Codes of practice and Regulations

   37.     Codes of practice  
   38.     Use of codes of practice in proceedings  
   39.     Regulations  

   PART 7--REPEAL, SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL

   40.     Definition  
   41.     Repeal  
   42.     Savings and transitional  
   43.     Saving of regulations under repealed Act  
           ENDNOTES