Queensland Consolidated Regulations

EXPLOSIVES REGULATION 2017 - REG 36A

36A Explosives driver licence

(1) A person is an appropriate person for the issue of an explosives driver licence if—

(a) the person—

(i) is 21 years or more; and

(ii) holds a valid driver licence; and

(iii) has, within the 3-year period ending on the day the application for the licence is made, been assessed by a registered training organisation as having attained the specific competencies, approved by the chief inspector and published on a Queensland Government website, in the transporting of explosives contained in an industry training package; and

(b) the chief inspector is reasonably satisfied the person—

(i) is physically able to drive a vehicle transporting explosives; and

(ii) is suitable having regard to the person’s driving history; and

(iii) is, in all the circumstances, an appropriate person for the issue of an explosives driver licence.

(2) In this section—

"valid" , in relation to a driver licence, means—

(a) the licence has not expired; and

(b) the licence has not been cancelled or suspended; and

(c) the person is not disqualified, by order of an Australian court, from holding or obtaining a driver licence.