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Document ID (ISN)51280
CIS number 89-378
ISSN - Serial title Government Gazette of Western Australia
Year 1983
Convention or series no.
Title Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Regulations 1983 [Australia - Western Australia]
Bibliographic information 20 Sep. 1983, No.66, p.1-236. Illus.
Abstract Regulations issued under authority of the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961. Contents: packaging requirements (in bulk containers or otherwise); labelling, marking and packaging groups; licensing and safety requirements of vehicles carrying dangerous goods; storage and segregation; transport procedures; emergency procedures. Schedules: Australian and other standards and amendments referred to in these regulations; class labels (with illustrations); emergency information panels and ascertaining emergency action codes; application for a vehicle licence; detailed code information for ca. 3200 substances (codes for hazard class, labelling requirements, emergency action, whether pollutant or not, packaging group).
Descriptors (primary) dangerous substances; Australia; road transport; transport of materials; Western Australia
Descriptors (secondary) packing, filling; labelling; law; warning notices; qualifications; list of chemical substances
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceWestern Australia
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Road transportation
Transport of materials