Transport Infrastructure (Dangerous Goods By Rail) Regulation 2018

This section applies if—

the ADG Code is amended or remade or a code, standard or rule applied or adopted by, or incorporated in, the ADG Code is amended or remade; and

the amendment or remake has the effect of imposing a new requirement on a person, or modifying an existing requirement applying to a person, under this regulation.

The new requirement or modified existing requirement does not apply in relation to the person until the relevant period for the amendment or remake ends.

For subsection (2), this regulation applies in relation to the person during the relevant period as if the amendment or remake had not taken effect.

However, if an existing requirement is modified, a person who complies with the modified existing requirement during the relevant period is taken to comply with the existing requirement.

This section is subject to any other section of this regulation that provides for when or how the new requirement or modified existing requirement applies in relation to the person.

In this section—

relevant period, for an amendment or remake mentioned in subsection (1)(a), means the period starting on the day the amendment or remake takes effect and ending on the day 12 months after that day.

requirement means a duty, obligation, requirement or restriction (however described).