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Legislation

The following links will take you to the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel site, where you can view the Act or Regulation. The links will open in a new window, which you can close to return back to the Workplace Health and Safety Queensland website.

This Act and Regulation are presented in Adobe Acrobat format. Adobe Reader software is available free of charge from the Adobe website (non-Queensland Government link).

Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001

View the Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001 (PDF, 638KB)

The Queensland Department of Emergency services Guide to the Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001 (PDF, 89 KB) outlines these obligations, and provides definitions and information to help explain requirements under the Act.

Dangerous Goods Safety Management Regulation 2001

View the Dangerous Goods Safety Management Regulation 2001 (PDF, 516KB).

DGSM Prescribed Infringement Notices (On the Spot Fines)

The Dangerous Goods Safety Management (DGSM) legislation prescribes offences against the Act and Regulation, and provides for penalties in event of prosecution.

In addition, infringement notices ('on the spot' fines) can be issued for some offences, in accordance with the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999.

Current 'on the spot' fines for DGSM are listed in the State Penalties Enforcement Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2004. Each Penalty Unit is equivalent to $100.00.