Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) This regulation does not apply to the transport of dangerous goods by, or at the direction of, an authorised person or a member of an emergency service, to the extent necessary to avoid, eliminate or minimise a dangerous situation.
(2) This regulation does not apply to the transport by a person of a load of dangerous goods if—
(a) the load does not contain—
(i) dangerous goods in a receptacle with a capacity of more than 500L; or
(ii) more than 500kg of dangerous goods in a receptacle; and
(b) the goods are not, and do not include, designated dangerous goods; and
(c) the aggregate quantity of the dangerous goods in the load is less than 25% of a placard load; and
(d) the goods are not being transported by the person in the course of a business of transporting goods by road.
(3) This regulation does not apply to the transport by a vehicle of UN class 1 (explosives) or UN class 7 (radioactive) dangerous goods except when being transported with other dangerous goods.
(4) This regulation does not apply to the transport by a vehicle of dangerous goods—
(a) in a consignment where the aggregate quantity of dangerous goods is less than the quantity for which an inner package is required by the ADG code to be marked with a proper shipping name or the technical name of the substance; or
(b) in the vehicle's fuel tank; or
(c) in an appliance or plant that forms part of the vehicle and that is necessary for its operation; or
(d) that are portable fire fighting equipment or other portable safety equipment and that are part of the vehicle's safety equipment.
(5) In this section:
"designated dangerous goods" means dangerous goods of the following:
(a) UN class 1 (explosives), except dangerous goods of UN division 1.4S;
(b) category A of UN division 6.2 (infectious substances);
(c) UN class 7 (radioactive material).