Dangerous Goods Act 1974.

This Act provides for the control on the handling of dangerous goods. "Dangerous goods'' means goods of any of the kinds specified in the Schedule to this Act; and a reference in this Act to a specified class or to a specified subclass of dangerous goods shall mean a reference to all the dangerous goods in that class or, as the case may be, in that subclass, as set out in the Schedule to this Act. Control shall be carried out principally by licensing and inspection. Every local authority declared under section 7 shall, for the purposes of this Act, be the licensing authority within the district administered by that local authority. Section 16 and following concern appointment of inspectors and inspections.