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DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY ACT 2004 (NO. 7 OF 2004) - SECT 9

9 .         Duty to report certain situations

        (1)         In this section —

        “reportable situation” means a situation that involves dangerous goods and that is prescribed by the regulations to be a reportable situation.

        (2)         If in the course of storing, handling or transporting dangerous goods a reportable situation arises, any person who to any extent has the control or management of the dangerous goods involved must as soon as reasonably practicable report the situation to a DGO.

        Penalty: $50 000.

        (3)         The regulations may prescribe information to be included in the report required by subsection (2).

        (4)         It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (2) to prove that the person charged honestly and reasonably believed that another person to whom subsection (2) applies had reported the event.



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