Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:6:p69
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 69/76)
Character Range: 2011318–2014047

dangerous goods incidents
 (1) Subregulation (2) sets out, for the purposes of subsections 23(1), (2) and (2A) of the Act, a condition of the carriage of dangerous goods on an aircraft.
Note: Under subsections 23(1), (2) and (2A) of the Act, dangerous goods must not be carried on an aircraft except in accordance with these Regulations.
 (2) Subject to subregulation (3), the carriage of dangerous goods by an aircraft operated by a commercial operator is subject to the condition that, if a dangerous goods incident occurs, the operator must report the incident to CASA in writing within 2 working days after the incident occurs.
Note: An accident or serious incident involving dangerous goods carried on an aircraft must also be reported to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau under section 19BA of the Air Navigation Act 1920.
 (3) Subregulation (2) does not require an operator to report a dangerous goods incident involving dangerous goods that have not been accepted by the operator for carriage by air.

92.070  Dangerous goods statement (Act s 23A)
 (1) A person who, in the circumstances specified in subregulation (3), consigns cargo for carriage on board an aircraft (including a freight forwarder that does so in the course of business as a freight forwarder) must make and sign a written statement that:
 (a) is to the effect that the cargo does not contain dangerous goods; or
 (b) describes the contents of the cargo.
Note: Consigning cargo without making the required statement is an offence—see the Act, subsection 23A(2). Knowingly making a false or misleading statement is also an offence—see the Criminal Code, section 137.1.
 (2) The reference in subregulation (1) to consigning cargo for carriage on board an aircraft includes consigning cargo in circumstances such that there is a possibility that the cargo may, during its journey, be carried on an aircraft.
 (3) For subsection 23A(1) of the Act and subregulation (1), all circumstances other than those mentioned in subregulation (4) are specified.
 (4) The circumstances in which subregulation (1) does not apply are the following:
 (a) the cargo was consigned from a place outside Australia;
 (b) the cargo is checked baggage that is to be carried on the same aircraft as the person who checked the baggage;
 (c) the cargo is:
 (i) a postal article (within the meaning of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989) that is in the course of carriage by air; or
 (ii) a document being sent between service centres of a document exchange service (within the meaning given by that Act);
  and:
 (iii) weighs no more than 500 grams; and
 (iv) is no more than 20 millimetres thick; and
 (v) is no longer than 360 millimetres; and
 (vi) is no wider than