Each state and territory implements the updated Australian Dangerous Goods Code and associated updates to their dangerous goods transport regulations separately. Each state and territory's dangerous goods transport act and regulations are at the links below. Businesses must comply with their state / territory specific act and regulations and the ADG Code.

State / Territory	Act	Regulation
Australian Commonwealth Territory	Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 2009	Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Regulations 2010
New South Wales	Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008	Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulation 2014
Northern Territory	Transport of Dangerous Goods By Road and Rail (National Uniform Legislation) Act	Transport of Dangerous Goods By Road and Rail (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations
Queensland (road)	Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995	Transport Operations (Road Use Management-Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018
Queensland (rail)	Transport Infrastructure Act 1994	Transport Infrastructure (Dangerous Goods by Rail) Regulation 2018
South Australia	Dangerous Substances Act 1979	Dangerous Substances (Dangerous Goods Transport) Regulations 2008
Tasmania	Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2010	Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulations 2010
Victoria	Dangerous Goods Act 1985 PDF: 733 KB	Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2018 PDF: 668 KB
Western Australia	Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004	Dangerous Goods Safety Regulations