Hazardous Substances Transportation Regulations




16 DECEMBER 2005

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 208

(b)

(c)

(2)

(3)

(i)

in the case of a hazardous substance being transported
by rail, the person who drives the rail vehicle that is
transporting the substance is fully trained in
accordance with an approved safety system under
section 6D of the Transport Services Licensing Act
1989 or a safety system which is referred to in an
approved safety case under the Railways Act 2005;
and

(ii)

in every other case, the person who drives, loads, and
unloads the vehicle that is transporting the substance:
(A)

for hire or reward, or in quantities which exceed
those set out in Schedule 1 of the Land Transport
Rule 45001/1: Dangerous Goods 2005, has a
current dangerous goods endorsement on his or
her driver licence; or

(B)

in every other case, the Land Transport Rule
45001/1: Dangerous Goods 2005 is complied
with; or

in the case of a hazardous substance being transported by
sea, one of the following is complied with:
(i)

Maritime Rules: Part 24A – Carriage of Cargoes –
Dangerous Goods (MR024A):

(ii)

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code; or

in the case of a hazardous substance being transported by air,
Part 92 of the Civil Aviation Rules is complied with.

Subclause (1)(a)–
(a)

does not apply to a tank wagon or a transportable container
to which the Hazardous Substances (Tank Wagons and
Transportable Containers) Regulations 2004 applies; but

(b)

despite paragraph (a), does apply to an intermediate bulk
container that complies with chapter 6.5 of the UN Model
Regulations.

Subclause (1)(c)–
(a)

(b)

5315

applies to:
(i)

pilots, aircrew, and airline ground personnel loading
and handling hazardous substances within an
aerodrome; or

(ii)

pilots for the purpose of aerial spraying or dropping;
but

does not apply to:
(i)

the storage and handling of a hazardous substance in
any place that is not within an aerodrome, or within an
aerodrome by non-airline ground personnel; or



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