Queensland Consolidated Regulations

EXPLOSIVES REGULATION 2017 - REG 8AA

8AA Exemptions for Queensland Police Service relating to security clearances—Act, s 7

(1) This section prescribes exemptions for section 7 of the Act .

(2) Despite section 15A (2) of the Act , the Queensland Police Service is an appropriate person to hold, or to continue to hold, a security sensitive authority even if an employee of the Queensland Police Service—

(a) has or will have unsupervised access to an explosive in the course of the employee’s employment; and

(b) does not hold a security clearance.

(3) Despite section 33 (1) (b) of the Act , the Queensland Police Service may allow an employee of the Queensland Police Service to have access to an explosive—

(a) even if the employee does not hold a security clearance; and

(b) even if the access is not in the presence, and under the direct supervision, of a person who holds a security clearance.

(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that Queensland Police Service must not allow an employee of the Queensland Police Service to have access to an explosive unless—

(a) the employee is the age prescribed by section 18A ; and

(b) the access is within the course of the employee’s employment.