Hong Kong Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS (CONSIGNMENT BY AIR) (SAFETY) REGULATIONS,DANGEROUS GOODS (CONSIGNMENT BY AIR) (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7

Person signing transport document to be trained

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) No person shall sign a declaration referred to in regulation 6(3)(b) in a
dangerous goods transport document unless he has completed training programmes
which—

   (a)  are appropriate to his functions;

   (b)  are described in the provisions of the Technical Instructions
        specified for the purposes of this subparagraph in Part II of the
        Schedule;

   (c)  have been approved by the Director; and

   (d)  are delivered by instructors who satisfy the requirements set out in
        the provisions of the Technical Instructions specified for the
        purposes of this subparagraph in Part II of the Schedule. (L.N. 193 of
        2007)

(2) Where paragraph (1) is contravened the shipper completing the document and
any person signing the declaration on behalf of the shipper each commits an
offence and is liable to a fine of $20000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Enacted 1985)