Description:
The Northwest Territories Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act (1990) came into
effect on August 1, 1991. The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act is the territorial
complement of the federal Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. The Transportation
of Dangerous Goods Regulations were first amended on August 15, 2002 to meet the
clear language requirements and is further amended from time to time. Where the federal
legislation applies to the transportation modes subject to its jurisdiction (i.e., air, marine,
rail and road transport), the territorial Act applies to road transport operations. In the
interests of consistency and national uniformity, the territorial Act references the federal
regulations pursuant to the federal Act. In this way, dangerous goods moving in Canada
from one mode of transportation to another and/or between jurisdictions are always
subject to the same regulations.