Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act, 1998
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Regulations. |
17.—(1) For the purposes of giving effect to the ADR or either of the Directives, the Minister may, subject to this Act and after consultation with any other Minister of the Government whose functional responsibility may be concerned, make regulations in relation to— | |
(a) the carriage of dangerous goods by road within the State or into the State from, or from the State into, the territory of another Contracting Party, | ||
(b) the type approval, examination, testing, certification, marking and labelling of transport equipment to be used in carriage of dangerous goods by road, | ||
(c) the approval of training courses for drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous goods by road, the examination of such drivers who have undertaken approved training and the granting of training certificates to those drivers who have passed an approved examination after such training, | ||
(d) the recognition of tests, certificates or approvals undertaken or granted by a competent authority of another Contracting Party, | ||
(e) the revocation of any approval or certificate issued by a competent authority, | ||
(f) equipment to be provided on vehicles carrying dangerous goods by road, | ||
(g) transport documents to be carried on vehicles carrying dangerous goods by road, | ||
(h) the notification of accidents or dangerous occurrences arising from the carriage of dangerous goods by road, | ||
(i) the supervision and monitoring of competent authorities, in respect of any functions conferred on them by or under this Act. | ||
(2) Regulations made under this section may contain such consequential, supplementary and ancillary provisions as the Minister considers necessary. | ||
(3) Regulations made under this section may amend or revoke instruments made under the Dangerous Substances Acts, 1972 and 1979, the Explosives Act, 1875 , the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989 , or the European Communities Act, 1972 , in so far as such instruments relate to the carriage of dangerous goods by road. | ||
(4) Regulations made under this section may provide for offences consisting of contraventions of or failures to comply with regulations and for the imposition on summary conviction of such offences of fines not exceeding specified amounts not exceeding £1,500. |