Criminal Code Regulations 2002

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 671

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

Dated 11 April 2002

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON

Minister for Justice and Customs

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Criminal Code Regulations 2002.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Definition

  In these Regulations:

Code means the Criminal Code.

4 Dangerous goods

  For subparagraph 471.15 (1) (b) (ii) of the Code, the following substances and things must not, without exception, be carried by post:

 (a) gas that is so toxic or corrosive to humans as to pose a hazard to health;

 (b) a thermally unstable substance that is likely to undergo a strongly exothermic decomposition;

 (c) a substance that ignites or self-heats when in contact with air.

Note

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 April 2002.