1983 Ed.] Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations [CAP. 295
PART XII
MISCELLANEOUS
178. (1) After the grant or renewal of any licence for the storage of dangerous goods in any category-
(a) no alteration or addition to the store or to its fittings or equipment shall, except with the permission in writing of the Authority, be made which results in a deviation in any material particular from the plan of such store, or from the fittings or equipment thereof, as is, for the time being, approved by the Authority; and
(b) the store, and its fittings and equipment, shall be maintained at all times in good order and condition to the satisfaction of the Authority.
(2) The Authority may refuse to grant his permission for the making of any alteration or addition as is specified in paragraph (1)(a) until he has received and approved a plan of the same.
(3) The licensee of any store in respect of which any of the provisions of paragraph (1) is contravened shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $8,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.
$35,000
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, “Authority" means the Authority by whom the licence was granted or renewed.
179. No warehouse owner or carrier, acting in such capacity, who is accused of an offence under these regulations relating to the contents of any container or the inner packing of any dangerous goods or the labelling of any such inner packing shall be convicted thereof if he shows, to the satisfaction of the court, that he did not know the true nature of the contents of the container or the manner in or the extent to which the container was filled or the true nature of or the labelling of the inner packing of such goods, as the case may be, and that he could not, with reasonable diligence, have obtained such knowledge.
180. No person who is accused of an offence under these regulations relating to the conveyance, storage or packing of dangerous goods shall be convicted thereof if he shows, to the satisfaction of the court, that he was conveying, storing or packing such dangerous goods for his reasonable personal use and that the quantity thereof was sufficient only for such use, or that he was transporting such goods for delivery to some other person for such use and in such quantity.
181. Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations relating to the packing of any dangerous goods, in any particular case in which the Governor is satisfied that some other packing provided for any dangerous goods, although not conforming to the requirements prescribed by these regulations in respect of the
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[Subsidiary]
Alterations to and maintenance of stores after grant or renewal of licence.
L.N. 266/80.
Special defences relating to warehouse owners and carriers.
Special defences relating to the transport of dangerous goods.
Governor may permit the use of packing for dangerous goods in certain cases.
alternative