Dangerous Goods Act 1975 Dangerous Goods Amendment (Matches) Regulation 1997 (1997-682) [GG No 149 of 19.12.1997, p 10111] (NSW)

1997 No 682

New South Wales

Dangerous Goods Amendment

(Matches) Regulation 1997

under the

Dangerous Goods Act 1975

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Dangerous Goods Act 1975.

JEFFREY SHAW, Q.C., M.L.C., Minister for Industrial Relations

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Dangerous Goods Regulation 1978 so as to omit the matter relating to matches from the list of articles prescribed as dangerous goods for the purposes of the Dangerous Goods Act 1975. As a result, all of the types of matches set out in the list in section 9 of the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (prepared by the Federal Ofice of Road Safety) will be prescribed as dangerous goods (see clause 16 (a1) of the Regulation).

Dangerous goods are subject to the obligations set out in Part 3 of the Dangerous Goods Act 1975 regarding the keeping, conveyance, sale and use of those goods. However, the Dangerous Goods Regulation 1978 exempts people who keep or convey matches from some of those obligations. Clause 145 of the Dangerous Goods Regulation 1978 exempts a person who keeps any quantity of goods of a certain kind, including any matches, from the obligation to licence the premises in or on which the goods are kept. Clause 175 of the Regulation has the effect that a person is not required to obtain a licence to convey matches, unless the matches are conveyed in bulk and in certain vehicles.

This Regulation is made under the Dangerous Goods Act 1975, including the definition of dangerous goods in section 4 and section 41 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 149 of 19 December 1997, page 10111 Page 1

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Dangerous Goods Amendment (Matches) Regulation 1997

Dangerous Goods Amendment (Matches)

Regulation 1997

Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Dangerous Goods Amendment (Matches)

Regulation 1997.

Amendment of Dangerous Goods Regulation 1978

The Dangerous Goods Regulation 1978 is amended by omitting clause 16 (f).

Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.