South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In these
regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
"Act" means the Dangerous Substances Act 1979 ;
"Class" of substance—see subregulation (5);
"Class 6 substance" means a substance which is a Class 6 substance, and in one
of the Packing Groups for toxic substances;
"Class 8 substance" means a substance which is a Class 8 substance, and in one
of the Packing Groups for corrosive substances;
"Code" means the 7th edition (2007) of the Australian Code for the Transport
of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail published by the Commonwealth of Australia
(ISBN 1 921168 57 9);
"compressed natural gas" means natural gas that is stored under pressure in a
cylinder or tank;
"cylinder" means metal packaging that—
(a) has
a water capacity exceeding 0.1 litre and not exceeding 500 litres; and
(b) is
designed to contain gases under pressure;
"flammable liquid" means a substance which is a Class 3 substance, and in one
of the Packing Groups for flammable liquids;
"gas fitting work" means the installation, alteration, repair, maintenance,
modification, connection or disconnection of pipes, fittings or equipment used
for, or designed for use in, the consumption of liquefied petroleum gas or
compressed natural gas as a fuel in an internal combustion engine, but does
not include the actual connection or disconnection of portable
liquefied petroleum gas or compressed natural gas storage cylinders;
"industrial premises" means any of the following places or the precincts of
such a place:
(a) a
place where the occupier employs or engages one or more persons in an activity
for or incidental to—
(i)
the making of an article or part of an article; or
(ii)
the altering, repairing, testing, renovating, processing,
treating, ornamenting, finishing or cleaning of any article, material,
equipment or substance, other than a laundry on premises occupied for
residential purposes where only domestic-type laundry equipment is installed
and used; or
(iii)
the adapting for sale of any article, equipment or
substance; or
(iv)
the laboratory testing or investigating of any article or
substance;
(b) a
place where—
(i)
electricity is generated or transformed for trade or
sale; or
(ii)
water is pumped in connection with the provision of a
public water supply; or
(iii)
gas is produced or reformed by a company supplying gas to
the public,
and where the occupier employs or engages one or more persons in that
activity;
(c) a
place where timber is milled, processed or treated and the occupier employs or
engages one or more persons in that activity;
(d) a
building that forms part of a school and—
(i)
is used as a laboratory; or
(ii)
is used for the use, construction, assembly, repair or
maintenance of any power-driven machinery, equipment or apparatus,
and where the occupier employs or engages one or more persons in that
activity;
"installation" means any liquefied petroleum gas or compressed natural gas
arrangement consisting of any number of cylinders or storage tanks, together
with metering equipment and associated pipe work provided for supplying
liquefied petroleum gas or compressed natural gas (as the case may be) as a
fuel to an internal combustion engine;
"licensed premises" means premises in relation to which a licence under
section 15 of the Act is, for the time being, in force;
"liquefied petroleum gas" means a liquid which is a mixture of hydrocarbons,
basically consisting of butane or butenes, propane or propene, or any mixture
of them, or any of them, and is a dangerous substance of Class 2;
"manufactured product" has the same meaning as in the Code;
"natural gas" means a substance that—
(a) is
in a gaseous state at Standard Temperature and Pressure; and
(b)
consists of naturally occurring hydrocarbons, or a naturally occurring mixture
of hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbons, the principal constituent of which is
methane;
"packaging" means a container in which dangerous substances are received or
held, and includes anything that enables the container to receive or hold the
dangerous substance or to be closed, but does not include—
(a) a
tank; or
(b) a
freight container; or
(c) a
container that—
(i)
is part of or connected to; and
(ii)
contains any fuel or other dangerous substance that is to
be consumed in the operations of or otherwise utilised by,
a vehicle or any device, machinery or equipment;
"Packing Group"—see subregulation (5);
"permit" means a permit (including an autogas permit) to carry out
gas fitting work issued under these regulations by a Competent Authority;
"rural industry" means any activity carried on, in or upon—
(a) a
farm, orchard, vineyard or agricultural or pastoral holding in connection with
dairying, poultry farming, bee farming, the sowing, raising, harvesting or
treatment of grain, fodder, fruit or any other crop or farm produce (whether
grown for food or not), the management, rearing or grazing of horses, cattle,
sheep or other livestock, the shearing or crutching of sheep, or the classing,
scouring, sorting or pressing of wool; or
(b) a
flower or vegetable market garden or nursery;
"tank" means a container that is used, or designed to be used, for the storage
of a dangerous substance in the form of a liquid or gas and that has—
(a) in
the case of a dangerous substance which is a Class 2 substance—a
capacity in excess of 500 litres;
(b) in
the case of a dangerous substance of any other class—
(i)
a capacity in excess of 450 litres; or
(ii)
a net mass in excess of 400 kilograms.
(5) In these
regulations (unless the contrary intention appears)—
(a) a
reference to a Class of dangerous substance is a reference to the UN Class to
which the dangerous substance belongs under the Dangerous Substances
(Dangerous Goods Transport) Regulations 2008 ;
(b) a
reference to a Class by number, or number and letter, is a reference to the
number, or number and letter, of the UN Class to which a dangerous substance
belongs under the Dangerous Substances (Dangerous Goods Transport)
Regulations 2008 ;
(c) a
reference to a Packing Group of a dangerous substance is a reference to the
Packing Group to which the dangerous substance belongs under the Dangerous
Substances (Dangerous Goods Transport) Regulations 2008 ;
(d) a
reference to a Packing Group by number is a reference to the number of the
Packing Group to which a dangerous substance belongs under the Dangerous
Substances (Dangerous Goods Transport) Regulations 2008 .
(6) A reference in
these regulations to a document (including a code of practice) prepared or
published by a body will be taken as a reference to that document as in force
from time to time.