Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
reportable situation means a situation that
involves dangerous goods and that is prescribed by the regulations to be a
reportable situation.
(2) If in the course
of storing, handling or transporting dangerous goods a reportable situation
arises, any person who to any extent has the control or management of the
dangerous goods involved must as soon as reasonably practicable report the
situation to a DGO.
Penalty: $50 000.
(3) The regulations
may prescribe information to be included in the report required by
subsection (2).
(4) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence under subsection (2) to prove that the person
charged honestly and reasonably believed that another person to whom
subsection (2) applies had reported the event.