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Dangerous Goods (Storage and Handling) Regulations 2000: Version No. 006
Dangerous Goods (Storage and Handling) Regulations 2000: Version No. 006
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Dangerous Goods (Storage and Handling)
Regulations 2000
S.R. No. 127/2000
Version incorporating amendments as at 19 October 2010
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
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PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1
101 Objectives 1
102 Authorising provision 1
103 Commencement 1
104 Revocation 2
105 Definitions 2
106 Application 12
107 Incorporation of references 14
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SCHEDULES 65
SCHEDULE 1—Series of Standards 65
SCHEDULE 2—Quantities of Dangerous Goods 67
SCHEDULE 3—Information to be Contained in a Manifest 71
1 General information 71
2 Emergency contacts 71
3 Summary information about Classes of dangerous goods 71
4 Dangerous goods stored in bulk other than in IBCs 72
5 Packaged dangerous goods 72
6 Dangerous goods in manufacture 73
7 Dangerous goods in transit 74
8 Plan of premises 74
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ENDNOTES 86
1. General Information 86
2. Table of Amendments 87
3. Explanatory Details 88
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PART 1—PRELIMINARY
101 Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are—
(a) to revoke the Dangerous Goods (Storage and
Handling) Regulations 1989; and
(b) to provide for the safe storage and handling
of dangerous goods.
102 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 52 of
the Dangerous Goods Act 1985.
103 Commencement
(1) These Regulations, other than—
(a) Division 2 of Part 3;
(b) Division 2 of Part 4;
(c) Subdivision 1 of Division 5 of Part 4;
(d) Subdivision 2 of Division 5 of Part 4;
(e) Division 6 of Part 4;
(f) Division 8 of Part 4;
(g) Division 2 of Part 5—
come into operation on 8 December 2000.
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Reg. 105 * * * * *
def. of
Common-
wealth
Regulations
revoked by
S.R. No.
166/2008
reg. 256(1)(e).
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handling includes—
(a) conveying the dangerous goods within
premises, including within pipework;
and
(b) manufacturing, processing, using,
treating, dispensing, packing,
supplying, transferring, rendering
harmless, disposing of or destroying the
dangerous goods;
hazard means any thing, activity, occurrence or
circumstance of any kind that has the
potential to cause injury to persons or
damage to property by—
(a) an explosion, fire, harmful reaction or
the evolution of flammable, corrosive
or toxic vapours involving dangerous
goods; or
(b) the escape, spillage or leakage of any
dangerous goods;
hazardous area means a hazardous area within
the meaning of AS 2430.1–1987 and
AS/NZS 2430;
hazardous substance has the same meaning as it Reg. 105
def. of
has in Part 4.1 (Hazardous Substances) of the hazardous
Occupational Health and Safety Regulations substance
amended by
2007; S.R. No.
54/2007
reg. 9.2.1(b).
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pipework means—
(a) a pipe or an assembly of pipes; and
(b) associated pipe fittings, valves and pipe
accessories—
used to convey dangerous goods;
plant includes any machinery, equipment,
appliance, implement and tool, any
component thereof and anything fitted
connected or appurtenant thereto;
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106 Application
These Regulations do not apply to—
(a) dangerous goods that are explosives; or
Reg. 106(ab) (ab) dangerous goods that are declared to be
inserted by
S.R. No. HCDG and which have no UN Number; or
96/2005
reg. 802.
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Subdivision 1—Design
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414 Stability
(1) An occupier of premises where dangerous goods
are stored and handled must ensure, so far as is
practicable, that the dangerous goods do not
inadvertently become unstable, decompose or
change so as to—
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426 Compliance
Until 1 January 2002, an occupier of premises
where dangerous goods are stored or handled,
who acts in accordance with the provisions of
Parts 4 to 12 of the 1989 Regulations, is deemed
to have complied with the provisions of this
Division.
Subdivision 1—Manifests
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Subdivision 2—Placards
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Division 7—Marking
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Division 8—Register
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Division 9—Incidents
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Division 1—Licences
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Division 2—Notification
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 105
SERIES OF STANDARDS
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SCHEDULE 2
1. Class 2
Class 2.1 N/A 500 L 5000 L 5000 L
Class 2.2 N/A 2000 L 10 000 L 20 000 L
Subsidiary
Risk 5.1
Other Class 2.2 N/A 5000 L 10 000 L 20 000 L
Class 2.3 N/A 50 L 500 L 2000 L
Aerosols N/A 5000 L 10 000 L 20 000 L
Cryogenic N/A 1000 L 10 000 L 20 000 L
Fluids
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Fire
Description of Packing Placarding Manifest Protection
Item Dangerous Goods Group Quantity Quantity Quantity
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Fire
Description of Packing Placarding Manifest Protection
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Fire
Description of Packing Placarding Manifest Protection
Item Dangerous Goods Group Quantity Quantity Quantity
Note: For the purposes of item 3 in the Table, where Class 9 dangerous goods do not have a
Packing Group assigned to them, they are deemed to be assigned to Packing Group III.
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PLACARDING REQUIREMENTS
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SCHEDULE 5
Regulation 443
Dangerous goods from Class 2.2 that are not prescribed for the
purposes of section 32(2)(a) of the Act—
UN No. Description
1003 AIR, REFRIGERATED LIQUID
1015 CARBON DIOXIDE AND NITROUS OXIDE MIXTURES
1014 CARBON DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN MIXTURES
1070 NITROUS OXIDE, COMPRESSED
2201 NITROUS OXIDE, REFRIGERATED LIQUID
1072 OXYGEN, COMPRESSED
1073 OXYGEN, REFRIGERATED LIQUID
1080 SULPHUR HEXAFLUORIDE
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SCHEDULE 6
Regulations 501(2)(a),
503(a) and 504(4)(a)
LICENSING INFORMATION
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LICENCE FEES
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
1. General Information
The Dangerous Goods (Storage and Handling) Regulations 2000,
S.R. No. 127/2000 were made on 5 December 2000 by the Governor in
Council under section 52 of the Dangerous Goods Act 1985,
No. 10189/1985 and came into operation as follows:
All of Regulations (except Division 2 of Part 3, Division 2 of Part 4,
Subdivision 1 of Division 5 of Part 4, Subdivision 2 of Division 5 of Part 4,
Division 6 of Part 4, Division 8 of Part 4, Division 2 of Part 5) on
8 December 2000: regulation 103(1); Division 2 of Part 3, Subdivision 1 of
Division 5 of Part 4, Subdivision 2 of Division 5 of Part 4, Division 6 of
Part 4, Division 8 of Part 4, Division 2 of Part 5 on 1 July 2001:
regulation 103(2); Division 2 of Part 4 on 1 January 2002: regulation 103(3).
The Dangerous Goods (Storage and Handling) Regulations 2000 will sunset
on 4 December 2011: see Subordinate Legislation (Dangerous Goods
(Storage and Handling) Regulations 2000 - Extension of Operation)
Regulations 2010, S.R. No. 112/2010.
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2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Dangerous Goods
(Storage and Handling) Regulations 2000 by statutory rules, subordinate
instruments and Acts.
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Dangerous Goods (HCDG) Regulations 2005, S.R. No. 96/2005
Date of Making: 2.8.05
Date of Commencement: Reg. 802 on 1.10.05: reg. 103(1)
Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007, S.R. No. 54/2007
Date of Making: 19.6.07
Date of Commencement: Regs 9.2.1–9.2.4 on 1.7.07: reg. 1.1.3(1)
Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2008, S.R. No. 166/2008
Date of Making: 16.12.08
Date of Commencement: Reg. 256 on 1.1.09: reg. 3
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Endnotes
3. Explanatory Details
1
Reg. 104: S.R. No. 323/1989. Reprint No. 5 as at 30 November 1999.
Reprinted to S.R. No. 154/1998. Subsequently amended by S.R. No. 50/2000.
For ease of reference only, definitions (but not other parts of speech and
grammatical forms of a word or phrase defined) appear in bold in the text.
Section 39 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 provides that
where a word or phrase is given a particular meaning in an Act or
subordinate instrument, other parts of speech and grammatical forms of that
word or phrase have, unless the contrary intention appears, corresponding
meanings.
For ease of reference only, a number of definitions from the Dangerous
Goods Act 1985, as at 8 December 2000, appear below. Not all definitions
from the Act appear below, but only those that appear often in the text of
these Regulations. To achieve a full and proper understanding of these
Regulations it is still necessary to refer to the Act in full.
Section 3(1) of the Act contains a number of definitions, including the
following—
Authority means the Victorian WorkCover Authority established under
section 18 of the Accident Compensation Act 1985;
ADG Code means the document known as the Australian Code for the
Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Sixth edition or
a later prescribed edition), as amended from time to time;
container means anything in or by which dangerous goods are wholly or
partly cased, covered, enclosed, contained or packed, whether such
a thing is empty or partially or completely full but does not include
a vehicle;
dangerous goods has the same meaning as it has in the ADG Code except
that—
(a) Class 1 dangerous goods in that Code are not dangerous
goods for the purposes of this Act; and
(b) the following substances and articles are also dangerous
goods—
(i) explosives; and
(ii) combustible liquids having a flashpoint higher than
61°C; and
(iii) any substance or article declared to be dangerous goods
by an Order in Council made under section 9B;
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