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DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY (EXPLOSIVES) REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 161

161 .         Explosives management plans

        (1)         In this regulation —

        authorised person , in relation to an explosive, means a person who is authorised to possess the explosive under the Act, these regulations or a law of the Commonwealth.

        (2A)         In subregulations (2) and (4) —

        explosive includes a constituent of an explosive that is a security sensitive ammonium nitrate.

        (2)         An explosives management plan for the purposes of an explosives manufacture licence must include the following —

            (a)         the address and a site plan of the place to which the licence will relate (the site );

            (b)         the matters in Schedule 10 clauses 2, 3A, 3 and 4;

            (c)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that the required details of any explosive manufactured or received at, or despatched from, the site are recorded and reconciled;

            (d)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that no explosive at the site is supplied to a person unless the person is an authorised person;

            (e)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that a record is kept of —

                  (i)         the details of any person to whom an explosive at the site is supplied and the person’s authority under these regulations to possess the explosive; and

                  (ii)         the required details of the explosive supplied;

            (f)         the measures that will be taken to ensure any unlawful entry or attempted unlawful entry to the site or any theft, attempted theft, or unexplained loss, of any explosive at the site is investigated and reported to the Chief Officer.

        (3)         An explosives management plan for the purposes of an explosives manufacture (MPU) licence, must include the matters required by subregulation (5) which, with Schedule 10 clauses 2, 3A and 4, applies with any necessary changes as if any reference to an explosive were a reference to a constituent of an explosive.

        (4)         An explosives management plan for the purposes of an explosives storage licence must include the following —

            (a)         the address and a site plan of the place to which the licence will relate (the site );

            (b)         if the licence will authorise the storage on the site of any of the following —

                  (i)         2.5 kg or more of explosives with a classification code of 1.1 or 1.2;

                  (ii)         15 kg or more of explosives with a classification code of 1.3;

                  (iii)         30 kg or more of explosives with a classification code of 1.4;

                  (iv)         100 or more detonators,

                the matters in Schedule 10 clauses 2, 3A and 4;

            (c)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that the required details of any explosive received at, or despatched from, the site are recorded and reconciled with the required details of any explosive on the site;

            (d)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that no explosive at the site is supplied to a person unless the person is an authorised person;

            (e)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that a record is kept of —

                  (i)         the details of any person to whom an explosive at the site is supplied and the person’s authority under these regulations to possess the explosive; and

                  (ii)         the required details of the explosive supplied;

            (f)         the measures that will be taken to ensure any unlawful entry or attempted unlawful entry to the site or any theft, attempted theft, or unexplained loss, of any explosive at the site is investigated and reported to the Chief Officer.

        (5)         An explosives management plan for the purposes of an explosives transport licence, must include the following —

            (a)         the matters in Schedule 10 clauses 2, 3A and 4;

            (b)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that any explosive is loaded for transport and unloaded after transport at a place where the explosive is secure;

            (c)         the measures that will be taken to monitor at all times the location of any explosive while it is being transported;

            (d)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that —

                  (i)         any unlawful entry to or use of a vehicle used to transport any explosive, or any attempted such entry or use; or

                  (ii)         any theft, attempted theft or unexplained loss of any explosive while it is being transported,

                is investigated and reported to the Chief Officer;

            (e)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that the required details of any explosive being transported is recorded at the beginning and end of the journey and reconciled;

            (f)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that no explosive is consigned for transport by or to a person unless the person is an authorised person;

            (g)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that a record is kept of —

                  (i)         the details of the consignor and consignee of any explosive being transported and their authority under these regulations to possess the explosive; and

                  (ii)         the required details of the explosive supplied.

        (6)         An explosives management plan for the purposes of a fireworks contractor licence, must include the following —

            (a)         the matters in Schedule 10 clauses 2, 3A, 3 and 4;

            (b)         in respect of the fireworks to which the licence will relate, the measures that will be taken before they are used at a fireworks event —

                  (i)         to ensure they will function in the way they are designed to function, such as by initiating samples of them; and

                  (ii)         to test the means that will be used to initiate them at the event;

            (c)         in respect of fireworks events to which the licence will relate —

                  (i)         the procedures that will be followed if weather conditions occur that may adversely affect preparations for the event, the event itself or any firework that may be used in it;

                  (ii)         the measures that will be taken to ensure that spectators at the event and any person not authorised to use fireworks at the event are kept a safe distance from the fireworks before and during the event;

                  (iii)         the measures that will be used to prevent a misfire of a firework;

                  (iv)         the measures that will be used to determine if a misfire of a firework has occurred and the procedures that will be followed if a misfire does occur;

                  (v)         the measures that will be taken to collect and remove any uninitiated firework and any debris from initiated fireworks from the area where the event occurs before any person who is not an authorised person enters the area.

        [Regulation 161 amended: Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1188‑9; 5 Feb 2016 p. 349.]



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