Western Australian Current Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY (EXPLOSIVES) REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 15

15 .         Declaring a substance to be an explosive

        (1)         The Chief Officer may declare a substance or article to be an explosive for the purposes of these regulations and may at any time, by a subsequent declaration, cancel such a declaration.

        (2)         Any such declaration must —

            (a)         be in writing; and

            (b)         in accordance with the ADG Code, assign the explosive a classification code; and

            (c)         be published in the Gazette .

        (3)         A substance or article is not an authorised explosive only because it is declared to be an explosive by the Chief Officer.

        [Regulation 15 amended: Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1175.]