Western Australian Numbered Acts

DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY ACT 2004 (NO. 7 OF 2004) - SECT 8

8 .         Duty to minimise risk from dangerous goods

        (1)         A person who is involved directly or indirectly in storing, handling or transporting dangerous goods must take all reasonably practicable measures to minimise the risk to people, property and the environment from the goods.

        Penalty:

            (a)         for an individual, $100 000 or imprisonment for 4 years or both;

            (b)         for a body corporate, $500 000.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), whether measures are reasonably practicable is to be determined having regard to —

            (a)         the severity of the risk to people, property or the environment from the goods;

            (b)         the severity of any injury, harm or damage that might be caused by the goods to people, property or the environment;

            (c)         public knowledge about the matters in paragraphs (a) and (b);

            (d)         public knowledge about means to reduce or eliminate the risk referred to in paragraph (a) or to reduce the severity referred to in paragraph (b); and

            (e)         the availability, suitability and cost of those means.

        (3)         If an individual is involved directly or indirectly in storing, handling or transporting dangerous goods the reference in subsection (1) to people includes a reference to the individual.