Section 1 — Short title — Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 (Western Australia) — Barrister AI

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Section 1 — Short title — Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 (Western Australia) — Barrister AI

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s 1Short title s 2Commencement s 3Terms used and abbreviations s 4Risk from dangerous goods, assessment of s 5Unreasonable harm, assessment of s 6Relationship with other laws s 7Crown bound s 8Duty to minimise risk from dangerous goods s 9Duty to report certain situations s 10Safety management documents s 11Unlicensed person involved with dangerous goods s 12Unlicensed possession of dangerous goods s 13Unregistered or unlicensed dangerous goods sites s 14Unlicensed vehicle transporting dangerous goods s 15Unlicensed driver transporting dangerous goods s 16Transporting goods too dangerous to transport s 17Aggravated offence, penalty for s 18Regulations, general matters (Sch. 1)s 19Regulations may adopt codes or legislation s 20Codes of practice, approval of s 21Exemption may be granted by Minister s 22Exemption may be granted by Chief Officer s 23General provisions s 24Conditions of an exemption, failing to comply with s 25Chief Dangerous Goods Officer, appointment and functions s 26Chief Officer may delegate s 27Dangerous goods officers, appointment and extent of powers s 28Identification cards s 29Licences etc. under this Act not required s 30Minister may delegate s 31Police officers’ powers and immunities s 32Immunity from tortious liability s 33Terms used s 34Obtaining identifying particulars s 35Entering, inspecting and searching places s 36Stopping, entering, searching and inspecting vehicles s 38Obtaining records s 39Asking questions s 40Restricting access to sites of dangerous goods incidents and dangerous situations s 41Term used: JP s 42Applying for an entry warrant s 43Applications, how they are to be made s 44Issuing an entry warrant s 45Effect of entry warrant s 46Audit may be directed by Chief Officer s 47Remediation notice s 48Chief Officer may approve earlier or immediate compliance with remediation notice s 49Contravention of remediation notice, action by DGO s 50Dangerous situation, emergency remedial measures s 51Recovering costs of government action s 52Directions, general matters s 53Ancillary powers and duties s 54Review by Chief Officer s 55Offences s 56Infringement notices s 57Prosecutions, who may commence s 58Evidentiary matters s 60Corporations or employers, conduct on behalf of s 61Liability of officers for offence by body corporate s 62Defence of complying with code of practice s 63Continuing offences, penalties for s 64Forfeiture s 65Prohibiting offender from involvement with dangerous goods s 66Investigation costs, accused may be ordered to pay s 67Review of decisions under this Act s 68AOrders prohibiting possession of explosives s 69Review of Act NotesNotes Compilation tableCompilation table Uncommenced provisions tableUncommenced provisions table Other notesOther notes Defined termsDefined terms

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This Act may be cited as the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004.

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