The department wants to ensure that the transport of dangerous goods is undertaken with minimal risks to the community.
The technical requirements for vehicles designed to carry dangerous goods are contained in Australian Dangerous Goods Code and the Dangerous Goods Safety (Road and Rail Transport of Non-explosives) Regulations 2007. All road tank vehicles and rail tank wagons intended for the transport of dangerous goods of Classes 2,3,4,5,6,8 and 9 require an approval number.
The design of a tank that forms part of or is used on a tank vehicle must be approved by the Department or an equivalent interstate competent authority before it can be used for the transport of dangerous goods.
Note: The approval number is approving the design of the road tank vehicle only. Once built the road tank vehicles will also need dangerous goods vehicle licences.
The professional engineer's declaration forms part of the Application for approval of tank design and must be lodged with the application at time of submitting to the Department.