Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES (GENERAL) REGULATION 2004 (NO 56 OF 2004) - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1     Dangerous substances—quantity

(see div 2.1.3)

Table 1.1     Dangerous substances—placard quantities and manifest quantities

column 1 item	column 2 dangerous substances	column 3 packing group	column 4 placard quantity	column 5 manifest quantity
1	class 2
1.1	class 2.1	not applicable	500L	5 000L
1.2	class 2.2 subsidiary risk 5.1	not applicable	2 000L	10 000L
1.3	class 2.2 other than subsidiary risk 5.1	not applicable	5 000L	10 000L
1.4	class 2.3	not applicable	50L	500L
1.5	aerosols	not applicable	5 000L	10 000L
1.6	cryogenic fluids	not applicable	1 000L	10 000L
2	class 3, 4.1, 4.2,4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 or 8	I	50kg or L	500kg or L
		II	250kg or L	2 500kg or L
		III	1 000kg or L	10 000kg or L
		mixed packing groups in a single class with the quantity of each packing group below the quantity specified for the packing group	1 000kg or L	10 000kg or L
3	class 9	II	1 000 kg or L	10 000kg or L
		III	5 000 kg or L	10 000kg or L
		mixed packing groups in class 9 with the quantity of each packing group below the quantity specified for the packing group	5 000 kg or L	10 000kg or L
4	mixed classes of dangerous substances	not applicable	if the quantity stated in this schedule for each class present is 2 000kg or L or less—2 000kg or L	10 000kg or L
			if the quantity stated in this schedule for 1 or more classes present is 5 000kg or L—5 000kg or L	10 000kg or L
5	goods too dangerous to be transported	not applicable	5 kg or L	50 kg or L
6	combustible liquids handled with fire risk dangerous substances	not applicable	1 000kg or L	10 000kg or L
7	C1 combustible liquids	not applicable	10 000L in a tank 50 000L packaged 50 000L in tanks and packaged combined if the quantity of C1 in the tanks is not more than 10 000L	100 000L in tanks or packaged

1.1     Quantity—packaged dangerous substances

    (1)     For table 1.1, this section provides how to work out quantities of packaged dangerous substances.

    (2)     For a non-liquid dangerous substance, other than a class 2 dangerous substance, the quantity must be worked out by the net mass in kilograms of the packaged substance.

    (3)     For a liquid dangerous substance, other than a class 2 dangerous substance, the quantity must be worked out by the net capacity of the container in which it is packaged.

    (4)     For a class 2 dangerous substance, the quantity must be worked out by the total capacity of the container in which it is packaged.

1.2     Quantity—dangerous substances in tanks

    (1)     For table 1.1, this section provides how to work out quantities of dangerous substances that are in tanks.

    (2)     For a non-liquid dangerous substance, other than a class 2 dangerous substance, the quantity must be worked out by the design capacity of the tank in kilograms.

    (3)     For a liquid dangerous substance, other than a class 2 dangerous substance, the quantity must be worked out by the design capacity of the tank in litres.

    (4)     For a class 2 dangerous substance, the quantity must be worked out by the design capacity of the tank.

1.3     Quantity—solid dangerous substances

For table 1.1, the quantity of a non-liquid dangerous substance that is not packaged or in a tank is the undivided mass of the substance in kilograms.

1.4     Quantity—substances that are part of articles

For table 1.1, the quantity of a dangerous substance that is part of a thing is the net quantity of that part of the thing that is a dangerous substance.