❓ Mrs Edwardes inquires about the regulatory body responsible for setting safety standards for hydrogen development, specifically concerning the Malaga refuelling facility. The response clarifies that the Department of Industry and Resources currently regulates it under existing legislation and standards, with potential for future specific guidelines.
AnsweredQoN 2922Legislative Assembly
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(b) if the Department will not be setting a standard for this type of development, who will?
(a)-(b) The safety requirements for the storage and handling of hydrogen at Western Australia’s first Hydrogen Bus Refuelling Facility, at Malaga, is regulated by the Department of Industry and Resources under the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961, and through application of relevant Australian Standards, including AS 4332-1995 (The storage and handling of gases in cylinders). The Department will consider whether a specific technical guideline should be published in due course, if and when other such facilities are proposed.
The safety requirements for the storage and handling of hydrogen at Western Australia’s first Hydrogen Bus Refuelling Facility, at Malaga, is regulated by the Department of Industry and Resources under the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961, and through application of relevant Australian Standards, including AS 4332-1995 (The storage and handling of gases in cylinders). The Department will consider whether a specific technical guideline should be published in due course, if and when other such facilities are proposed.
The Department will consider whether a specific technical guideline should be published in due course, if and when other such facilities are proposed.
(a)-(b) The safety requirements for the storage and handling of hydrogen at Western Australia’s first Hydrogen Bus Refuelling Facility, at Malaga, is regulated by the Department of Industry and Resources under the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961, and through application of relevant Australian Standards, including AS 4332-1995 (The storage and handling of gases in cylinders). The Department will consider whether a specific technical guideline should be published in due course, if and when other such facilities are proposed.
The safety requirements for the storage and handling of hydrogen at Western Australia’s first Hydrogen Bus Refuelling Facility, at Malaga, is regulated by the Department of Industry and Resources under the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961, and through application of relevant Australian Standards, including AS 4332-1995 (The storage and handling of gases in cylinders). The Department will consider whether a specific technical guideline should be published in due course, if and when other such facilities are proposed.
The Department will consider whether a specific technical guideline should be published in due course, if and when other such facilities are proposed.
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Answered
30 June 2004
Responded by
Minister for State Development
Response time
15 days
I am advised:
(a)-(b)
The safety requirements for the storage and handling of hydrogen at Western Australia’s first Hydrogen Bus Refuelling Facility, at Malaga, is regulated by the Department of Industry and Resources under the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961, and through application of relevant Australian Standards, including AS 4332-1995 (The storage and handling of gases in cylinders).
The Department will consider whether a specific technical guideline should be published in due course, if and when other such facilities are proposed.
(a)-(b)
The safety requirements for the storage and handling of hydrogen at Western Australia’s first Hydrogen Bus Refuelling Facility, at Malaga, is regulated by the Department of Industry and Resources under the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961, and through application of relevant Australian Standards, including AS 4332-1995 (The storage and handling of gases in cylinders).
The Department will consider whether a specific technical guideline should be published in due course, if and when other such facilities are proposed.
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