Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY (GOODS IN PORTS) REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 5

5 .         “Prime contractor”, meaning of

                For the purposes of these regulations, a person is a prime contractor —

            (a)         for the transport of dangerous goods by road if the person, in conducting a business for or involving the transport of dangerous goods by road, undertakes to be responsible, or is responsible, for the transport of the dangerous goods by road;

            (b)         for the transport of dangerous goods by rail if the person undertakes to be responsible, or is responsible, for —

                  (i)         the transport of the goods by rail; or

                  (ii)         the condition of a unit of rolling stock transporting the goods by rail;

            (c)         for the transport of dangerous goods by water if the person, in conducting a business for or involving the transport of dangerous goods by water, undertakes to be responsible, or is responsible, for the transport of the goods by water.