Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00739:schedule:3:p32
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00739
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 32/63)
Character Range: 91478–94273

to transport dangerous goods by road unless the person has been given shipping documentation, complying with Chapter 11 of the ADG Code, for the goods.
Penalty: $1 500.

11.4  Driver's duties
 (1) The driver of a vehicle transporting dangerous goods by road must carry shipping documentation for the goods.
Penalty: $1 000.
 (1A) The driver of a vehicle transporting dangerous goods by road must not carry shipping documentation for the goods that the driver knows, or reasonably ought to know, does not comply with Chapter 11 of the ADG Code.
Penalty: $1,000.
 (2) The driver of a vehicle transporting dangerous goods by road must carry the shipping documentation for the goods:
 (a) if the goods are a placard load—in an emergency information holder complying with Chapter 11 of the ADG Code; and
 (b) if the goods are not a placard load—in an emergency information holder complying with the Chapter or elsewhere in the vehicle's cabin in a conspicuous location.
Penalty: $500.
 (3) The driver of a vehicle transporting dangerous goods by road must produce the shipping documentation for the goods for inspection by an authorised officer, or an officer of an emergency service, if the officer asks the driver to produce the documentation for inspection.
Penalty: $1 000.

Division 2—Emergency information

11.5  Meaning of required emergency information
  In this Division:
required emergency information means:
 (a) emergency information complying with Chapter 11 of the ADG Code; or
 (b) emergency information that is approved under regulation 11.9.

11.6  Consignor's duty
  A person must not consign a placard load of dangerous goods for transport by road on a vehicle if the person knows, or reasonably ought to know, that the required emergency information is not on the vehicle.
Penalty: $1 000.

11.7  Prime contractor's duties
  A prime contractor must not use a vehicle to transport a placard load of dangerous goods by road unless:
 (a) the vehicle is equipped with an emergency information holder complying with Chapter 11 of the ADG Code; and
 (b) the required emergency information is in the holder.
Penalty: $1 500.

11.8  Driver's duties
 (1) A person must not drive a vehicle transporting a placard load of dangerous goods by road unless:
 (a) the vehicle is equipped with an emergency information holder complying with Chapter 11 of the ADG Code; and
 (b) the required emergency information provided by the consignor of the goods, or by the prime contractor for the transport of the goods, is in the holder.
Penalty: $1 000.
 (2) The driver of a vehicle transporting a placard load of dangerous goods by road must ensure that the vehicle's emergency information holder contains only:
 (a) the required emergency information; and
 (b) the shipping documentation for the goods.