Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Rail Security Regulations

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  Act

  Act means the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992. (Loi)

  handling site

  handling site means a facility connected to a railway line where a railway vehicle is placed for the loading or unloading of dangerous goods. (lieu de manutention)

  railway carrier

  railway carrier means a person who has possession of dangerous goods for the purposes of transportation by railway vehicle on a main railway line, or for the purposes of storing them in the course of such transportation. (transporteur ferroviaire)

  railway loader

  railway loader means

  • (a) any person that operates a handling site, or

  • (b) any manufacturer or producer of dangerous goods that has possession of dangerous goods at a handling site for the purposes of loading them prior to, or unloading them after, transportation by rail. (chargeur ferroviaire)

• Marginal note:Terminology — Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

  (2) Unless the context requires otherwise, all other words and expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in section 1.4 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations.