Western Australian Current Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY (EXPLOSIVES) REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 163

163 .         Licence for place that is or may be major hazard facility

        (1)         In this regulation —

        MHF stands for major hazard facility;

        MHF Regulations means the Dangerous Goods Safety (Major Hazard Facilities) Regulations 2007 .

        (2)         If —

            (a)         an application is made for an explosives manufacture licence, or an explosives storage licence, in respect of a dangerous goods site that, under the MHF Regulations, is an MHF; and

            (b)         the type and quantity of dangerous goods that would be permitted to be on the site (including explosives to which the licence would relate if it were issued) are such that an approved safety report for the site would be required under those regulations,

                the Chief Officer may refuse to decide the application until a safety report for the site is approved under those regulations.

        (3)         If —

            (a)         an application is made for an explosives manufacture licence, or an explosives storage licence, in respect of a dangerous goods site that, under the MHF Regulations, is not an MHF; but

            (b)         the type and quantity of dangerous goods that would be permitted to be on the site (including explosives to which the licence would relate if it were issued) are such that the site may be classified as an MHF under those regulations,

                the Chief Officer may refuse to decide the application until either —

            (c)         a decision is made not to classify the site as an MHF; or

            (d)         the site is classified as an MHF and a safety report for the site is approved under those regulations.

        [Regulation 163 amended: Gazette 16 Mar 2012 p. 1264.]