Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 253A

             (1)  The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed in regard to the carriage of dangerous goods in ships, and in particular in relation to:

                     (a)  the classes of ships in which dangerous goods may be carried;

                     (b)  the quantities of dangerous goods that may be carried from any port in Australia in such ships;

                     (c)  the precautions to be observed in connexion with the loading and unloading of dangerous goods at any port in Australia; and

                     (d)  the conditions as to packing and stowage of dangerous goods, and the ventilation of holds containing dangerous goods, loaded at any port in Australia.

             (2)  A person shall not send by, or carry in, a ship any dangerous goods which do not, or the packing, stowing or carriage of which does not, comply with such requirements as are prescribed or are determined by the Authority in accordance with the regulations.

Penalty for contravention of subsection (2):         $10,000 or imprisonment for 4 years, or both.