Australian Capital Territory Numbered Ordinances

Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Ordinance 1984

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Ordinance 1984

No. 69 of 1984

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 27 November 1984.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

TOM UREN

Minister of State for Territories
and Local Government

An Ordinance to amend the Dangerous Goods Ordinance 1984

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Ordinance 1984.¹

Schedule

2. The Schedule to the Dangerous Goods Ordinance 1984² is amended—

(a) by inserting after paragraph (a) in the third column of Item 16 in Part 1 the following paragraph:

“(ab) Omit from sub-section (2) ‘satisfies the court’, substitute ‘adduces evidence, which is not rebutted by the prosecution,’.”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) in the third column of Item 20 in Part 1 “believes” and substituting “believed”;

(c) by inserting after paragraph (b) in the third column of Item 22 in Part 1 the following paragraph:

“(ba) Omit from sub-section (2) ‘satisfies the court’, substitute ‘adduces evidence, which is not rebutted by the prosecution,’.”;

(d) by omitting paragraph (b) in the third column of Item 33 in Part 1 and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b) Omit sub-section (2), substitute—

‘(2) The employer is not guilty of an offence under sub-section (1) if he adduces evidence that he used all due diligence to prevent the contravention by the employee and that evidence is not rebutted by the prosecution.’.”; and

(e) by omitting from paragraph (b) in the third column of Item 31 in Part 2 “believes” and substituting “believed”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 December 1984.

2. No. 4, 1984.