Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992

Marginal note:Binding on Her Majesty

• 3 (1) This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.

• Marginal note:General application

  (2) This Act applies in relation to all matters within the legislative authority of Parliament, including dangerous goods outside Canada that are carried on a ship or aircraft registered in Canada.

• Marginal note:Exceptions — regulations and permits

  (3) This Act does not apply to the extent that its application is excluded by a regulation made under paragraph 27(1)(e) or a permit issued under section 31.

• Marginal note:Other exceptions

  (4) This Act does not apply in relation to

  • (a) any activity or thing under the sole direction or control of the Minister of National Defence or in circumstances in which it is prescribed to be under that Minister’s sole direction or control;

  • (b) commodities transported by a pipeline governed by the National Energy Board Act or the Oil and Gas Production and Conservation Act or by the law of a province; or

  • (c) dangerous goods confined only by the permanent structure of a ship.