An advisor must be appointed by every company whose activities include the shipment or transport of dangerous goods by road, or the related packaging, loading, filling, or unloading of such goods. The legal basis is set out in ADR 1.8.3 and Article 15 of the Transport of Dangerous Goods Act.

Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)

1.8.3 Safety adviser

1.8.3.1 Each undertaking, the activities of which include the consigning or the carriage of dangerous goods by road, or the related packing, loading, filling or unloading shall appoint one or more safety advisers for the carriage of dangerous goods, responsible for helping to prevent the risks inherent in such activities with regard to persons, property and the environment.

1.8.3.2 The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties may provide that these requirements shall not apply to undertakings:

(a) The activities of which concern quantities in each transport unit not exceeding those referred to in 1.1.3.6, 1.7.1.4 and in Chapters 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5; or

(b) The main or secondary activities of which are not the carriage or the related packing, filling, loading or unloading of dangerous goods but which occasionally engage in the national carriage or the related packing, filling, loading or unloading of dangerous goods posing little danger or risk of pollution.

Act on the Transport of Dangerous Goods of 19 August 2011

Art. 15. 1.

A participant in the transport of dangerous goods is obliged to appoint, at their own expense, at least one adviser for the safety of the transport of dangerous goods, competent for the scope of the transport performed or activities related thereto, as specified in ADR, RID, or ADN, hereinafter referred to as the "advisor."

2. The obligation to appoint an adviser does not apply to participants transporting dangerous goods in quantities smaller than those specified in ADR, RID, or ADN.