Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ACT 2004 - SECT 180

An emergency order in relation to a dangerous substance may do 1 or more of the following:

        (a)     require the publication of warnings, in a form approved by the Minister, that the substance is unsafe;

        (b)     prohibit the handling of the substance or particular kinds of handling of the substance, including, for example, the sale of the substance;

        (c)     prohibit the advertising of the substance;

        (d)     require the recall of the substance if it has been consigned or distributed for sale or sold and state how, and the period within which, the recall is to be conducted;

        (e)     require the destruction or other disposal of the substance, and state how the disposal is to be done;

        (f)     prohibit absolutely the carrying on of an activity in relation to the substance, or permit the carrying on of the activity only in accordance with conditions stated in the order;

        (g)     require the taking and analysis of samples of the substance or of water, soil or anything else that is part of the environment where the activity is or has been engaged in in relation to the substance;

        (h)     require that stated methods be used for analysis of any samples required to be taken in accordance with the order.