Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS REGULATIONS AMENDMENT (2001 NO 14) - REG 8

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51A     Holders of interstate licences and permits

    (1)     This regulation applies to the holder of a licence or permit issued under the law of a State or another Territory that, in that place, authorises the person to receive explosives, other than safety cartridges.

Note     An interstate firearms licence or permit does not authorise the holder to purchase ammunition in the ACT, see the Firearms Act 1996 , s 98.

    (2)     Subject to regulation 59 (Production of evidence of authority to receive explosives), the person is authorised to receive the kinds and (if applicable) the quantity of explosives that the person is authorised to receive under the licence or permit (including any conditions in the licence or permit).

    (3)     The authority under subregulation (2) to receive explosives authorises the person to receive the explosives only for export as soon as practicable from the Territory (but within 6 hours) of their receipt.

Note     The explosives must be stored, handled and conveyed in accordance with these regulations and, if applicable, the Australian Code.

    (4)     A person who sells explosives to the holder of a licence or permit mentioned in subregulation (1) must give the person a written notice to the effect that the explosives—

        (a)     must be exported as soon as practicable from the Territory (but within 6 hours) of their receipt; and

        (b)     cannot be used in the ACT except in accordance with a permit issued under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 1991 , pt 4 (Use of explosives).