Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 (7 of 2004).

The act is organized in 8 Parts and 1 Schedule. Part 1 Preliminary; Part 2 concerns general duties as to dangerous goods, such as duty to minimise risk from dangerous goods and duty to report certain situations. The Part also prescribes requirements for safety management documents, and lays down the discipline concerning unlicensed person involved with dangerous goods, unlicensed possession of dangerous goods, unregistered or unlicensed dangerous goods sites, unlicensed vehicle transporting dangerous goods, unlicensed driver transporting dangerous goods, transporting goods too dangerous to transport, etc.
Part 3 provides for Regulations and codes of practice; under the Part the Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act. Part 4 Exemption, establishes that exemption may be granted either by the Minister or by the Chief Officer; exemptions can be granted in relation to (a) a specified place, vehicle or thing, or a specified class of places, vehicles or things; (b) a specified activity relating to the storage, handling or transport of dangerous goods, or a specified class of such activities; (c) specified dangerous goods, a specified class of dangerous goods or all dangerous goods; (d) a specified person or a specified class of person.
Part 5 Administration, confers to the Minister the power to designate a departmental officer as the Chief Dangerous Goods Officer for the purposes of this Act. It also provides for powers and delegations matters. Part 6 — Investigation and enforcement. Part 7 legal proceeding.