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Division 2.—Loading.
Application of Division.
- This Division applies to the loading of goods consisting of Commonwealth explosives on to vehicles for the transporting of the goods by road.
Vehicles on which explosives to be loaded.
13.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the supervisor of the loading of goods consisting of Commonwealth explosives shall not permit those goods to be loaded on to a vehicle other than an approved vehicle.
(2.) Where an approved vehicle is not available, the supervisor may permit the goods to be loaded on to an approved trailer.
(3.) For the purposes of this regulation, a vehicle belonging to the naval, military or air forces of the Commonwealth that complies with the requirements specified in Part II. of the Second Schedule other than the requirements specified—
(a) in item 2 of that Part; or
(b) in the case of a vehicle that is not a vehicle of the type known as a semi-trailer—in item 4 of that Part, shall, when used for the transportation of ammunition for the purposes of any of those forces, be deemed to be an approved vehicle.
Loading of explosives in Group 1, 2, 3 or 4.
- Goods consisting of Commonwealth explosives included in Group 1, 2, 3 or 4 shall not be loaded on to a vehicle unless the goods are packed in a container specially designed for the carriage of those goods or in a container of a kind known by any of the following names:—
Box, ammunition, C.190.
Box, ammunition, Cal. 50M2 for Cordite Samples only.
Case, magazine.
Case, powder.
Case, transport, detonators.
Case, transport, explosives.
Cylinder, transport, detonators.
Magazine, portable (Aust.).
Containers to bear Group label.
15.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, goods consisting of a boxed Commonwealth explosive shall not be loaded on to a vehicle unless the number of the Group in which that explosive is included appears on the outside of the containers holding the goods.
(2.) Where the name of a Commonwealth explosive, preceded by the symbol t, is set out in the first column of the First Schedule, the last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to or in relation to goods consisting of that explosive.
Vehicles to be clean.
- Goods consisting of a Commonwealth explosive shall not be loaded on to a vehicle unless the part of the vehicle on which the goods are to be loaded is clean and free from articles other than those necessary to secure the load.