Duties of loaders
81 Duties of loaders
A person must not load dangerous goods onto a rail vehicle for transport if the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that—
the load is a placard load; and
the load is not appropriately placarded.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
A person who loads a placard load onto a rail vehicle for transport must not placard the load with placarding that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is false or misleading in a material particular.Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
A person who loads goods onto a rail vehicle for transport must not placard the load as if it were a placard load if the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the load is not a placard load.Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
However, subsection (3) does not apply if the placarding of the load complies with the requirements for the contents of the load in—
the ICAO technical instructions; or
the IMDG Code.
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