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:Application

  (2) In addition to its application in Canada, this Act applies to vessels and aircraft outside Canada that are registered in Canada.

• Marginal note:Exceptions — regulations and certificates

  (3) This Act does not apply to the extent that its application is excluded by a regulation made under paragraph 27(1)(e) or by a certificate 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, including in circumstances in which the regulations provide that it is under that Minister’s sole direction or control;

  • (b) commodities transported by a pipeline governed by the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act or the law of a province; or

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