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South Australia
Dangerous Substances (LPG Cylinder Labelling) Amendment
Bill 2020
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Dangerous
Substances Act 1979
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Dangerous
Substances Act 1979
Part 4A—LPG cylinder
labelling—special provisions
26ALPG cylinder
labelling—special provisions
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Dangerous Substances (LPG Cylinder
Labelling) Amendment Act 2020.
This Act comes into operation 3 months after the day on which it is
assented to by the Governor.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Dangerous Substances
Act 1979
After section 26 insert:
Part 4A—LPG cylinder labelling—special
provisions
26A—LPG cylinder labelling—special
provisions
(1) A person must not
sell or otherwise supply liquefied petroleum gas to another person in the course
of retail trade unless the cylinder in which the gas is sold or supplied, or to
which the gas is transferred at the point of sale or supply, is labelled in
accordance with the requirements of this section.
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of a body corporate—$50 000;
(b) in any other case—$10 000 or imprisonment for 1 year.
(2) For the purposes of
this section, a cylinder in which gas is sold or supplied, or to which gas is
transferred, must have a label affixed to the body of the cylinder
stating—
(a) that the gas in the cylinder is liquefied petroleum gas; and
(b) that liquefied petroleum gas may cause injury or death if
inhaled.
(3) Each side of a label under
subsection (2)
must be at least 100 millimetres in length except in the case of a
cylinder which because of its size can bear only a smaller label, in which case
each side of the label may be less than 100 millimetres in length, but in
no case may any side of the label be less than 20 millimetres in
length.
(4) The colours and lettering used on a label under
subsection (1)
must be in accordance with AS 2700—2011 Colour standards for
general purposes and AS 1319—1994 Safety signs for the occupational
environment respectively.
(5) This section is in addition to and does not derogate from any other
provision of this Act or a provision of the regulations that may apply in
respect of liquefied petroleum gas or the labelling of cylinders containing
liquefied petroleum gas.
(6) In this section—
liquefied petroleum gas means a liquid that is a mixture of
hydrocarbons, basically consisting of butane or butenes, propane or propene, or
any mixture of them, or 1 of them.