Dangerous Goods (General) Regulation 1999
Historical version for 1 March 2004 to 28 April 2005 (accessed 19 May 2013 at 16:20) Repealed version
Part 8Clause 209

209   Special packaging requirements

(1)  A packaging for dangerous goods of Class 5.1, being pool chlorine intended for display for sale by retail, must not have a capacity greater than 20 kilograms.
(2)  An inner or immediate packaging, being a packaging for dangerous goods of Class 2, must be:
(a)  a cylinder of a type listed in AS 2030 (The approval, filling, inspection, testing and maintenance of cylinders for the storage and transport of compressed gases), or
(b)  an approved welded steel drum, or
(c)  a refillable container designed and manufactured to withstand without bursting a pressure of at least 7 000 kilopascals and that is equipped with visual or other approved means of indicating to a person filling it when the filling ratio for which it was designed has been reached, or
(d)  a disposable container designed and manufactured to withstand without bursting a pressure of at least twice the vapour pressure of the contents at 55°Celsius.
(3)  An outer packaging for dangerous goods of Class 1.1 must have a net mass not exceeding 25 kilograms.
(4)  An outer or immediate packaging for dangerous goods of Class 1 must, in addition to any requirement in clause 208, conform to the packagings and packing methods specified in Section 5 of the Australian Explosives Code, which must for the purpose of this clause be read as if:
(a)  a recommendation were a requirement, and
(b)  a reference to the transport of goods included a reference to the conveyance of goods and the handling of goods in the course of their sale or importation into the State.
(5)  A portable plastics fuel container for dangerous goods of Class 3 of a capacity of 25 litres or less must comply with the ADG Code or AS 2906 (Fuel containers—Portable—Plastics and metal), clause 1 excepted.
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