Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY ACT 2004 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ^1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004	7 of 2004	10 Jun 2004	s. 1 and 2: 10 Jun 2004; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Mar 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Feb 2008 p. 669)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 33 3	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80 and 82	84 of 2004	16 Dec 2004	2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Reprint 1: The Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 as at 5 Jun 2009 (includes amendments listed above)

^1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Road Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 4 Div. 17 4	8 of 2012	21 May 2012	Operative on commencement of the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 (see s. 2(d))

² The provisions in this Act repealing these written laws have been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).

³ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

⁴ On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Road Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 4 Div. 17 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

Division 17 — Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 amended

86. Act amended

This Division amends the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004.

87. Section 14 amended

(1) In section 14(1) delete “within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1974” and insert:

as defined in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 5

(2) In section 14(2) delete “within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1974” and insert:

as defined in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 5

88. Section 15 amended

In section 15(2) delete “the owner within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1974 of” and insert:

a responsible person, as defined in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 4, for

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
aggravated circumstances 17(1)
application 43(1)
approval Sch. 1 cl. 8(1)
approved 3(1)
approved auditor 46(1)
approved code of practice 62(1)
audit 46(1)
authorised person 56(1)
Chief Officer 3(1)
code 19(1)
container 3(1)
dangerous goods 3(1)
dangerous goods incident 3(1)
dangerous goods officer 3(1)
dangerous goods pipeline Sch. 1 cl. 5(1)
dangerous goods site 3(1)
dangerous situation 3(1)
departmental officer 25(1)
DGO 3(1) and (2)
direction 54(1)
director 60(1)
driver 3(1)
dwelling 33
employer 60(6)
enforcement purposes 33
engaging in conduct 60(1)
entry warrant 33
exemption 3(1), 23(1)
give 3(1)
government agency 51(1)
handle 3(1)
harm 5(1)
JP 41
label 59(1)
licence 11(1)
mobile home 33
national scheme 23(1)
notice 54(1)
officer 61(1)
official 32(1)
place 33
record 3(1)
relevant record 38(1)
remote communication 3(1)
reportable situation 9(1)
reviewable decision 67(1)
risk 3(1)
safety management document 3(1)
specified 3(1)
state of mind 60(1)
subsidiary legislation 19(1)
substance 3(1)
transport 3(1)
unauthorised person 40(1)
unreasonable 5(2)
vehicle 3(1)