Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
regulation, unless the contrary intention appears —
assigned means assigned —
(a) by
using the tests and criteria in the ADG Code for classifying dangerous goods;
or
(b) by
the Chief Officer under regulation 15 or 31.
(2) This regulation
operates for the purposes of these regulations and any provision of the AE
Code or AS 2187 to which these regulations refer.
(3) A substance or
article must be classified in accordance with the tests and criteria specified
in the UNTC for determining if a substance or article is dangerous goods and
if it is, whether it is too dangerous to transport.
(4) The classification
code of an explosive is the combination of —
(a) the
class number “1”; and
(b) the
first or the first and second of the following in the following
order —
(i)
the number assigned to the explosive that indicates its
division; and
(ii)
the compatibility group letter assigned to the explosive
that indicates its compatibility group.
Examples: An explosive with a classification code
1.2B means it has the class number 1, the division number 2, and the
compatibility group letter B. An explosive with a classification code 1.4
means it has the class number 1 and the division number 4.
(5) If there is an
inconsistency between the classification code assigned to an explosive by the
AE Code, or by using the classification procedure in the ADG Code, and the
classification code assigned to it by the Chief Officer under regulation 15
or 31, the latter is the explosive’s classification code for the
purposes of these regulations.
[Regulation 9 amended in Gazette
16 Mar 2012 p. 1174‑5.]