21ASpecial provisions for HCDG and explosives licences

21A Special provisions for HCDG and explosives licences

(1) If the regulations require a person to hold a licence to manufacture, transport or store explosives or high consequence dangerous goods, the Authority may require—

(a) the applicant to provide a security plan for the activities to be covered by the licence;

(b) the licensee, at any time during the currency of the licence, to provide a security plan for the activities covered by the licence.

(2) The security plan must—

(a) be based on a risk assessment of those activities; and

(b) contain the prescribed particulars.

(3) The Authority must not issue a licence to import, export, manufacture, store, sell, supply, use, handle, transfer, transport or dispose of high consequence dangerous goods unless the Authority is of the opinion that—

(a) the applicant for the licence, if a natural person—

(i) is of the age required by the Authority for the licence applied for; and

(ii) has provided specified proof of identity; and

(iii) has provided consent and sufficient information for the Authority to obtain known information concerning the person to determine whether the person has satisfied the requirements prescribed by the regulations to hold an HCDG licence; and

(b) the applicant for the licence, if a body corporate—

(i) has provided details of the incorporation of the body; and

(ii) has provided specified proof of identity of such of the directors and persons concerned in the management of the body corporate that are required by the Authority; and

(iii) such of the directors and the persons concerned in the management of the body corporate that are required by the Authority have provided their consent and sufficient information for the Authority to obtain known information concerning the director or person to determine whether they have satisfied the requirements prescribed by the regulations to be a director or person concerned in the management of a body corporate that holds an HCDG licence; and

(c) the applicant for the licence has provided the consent and sufficient information from any person who is to be responsible for the security of the goods under the HCDG licence for the Authority to obtain known information concerning the person to determine whether the person has satisfied the requirements prescribed by the regulations to be responsible for the security of the goods under the HCDG licence; and

(d) the applicant for the licence has demonstrated a need for access to the high consequence dangerous goods that is declared by Order in Council under section 9B(1B) to be a lawful need in relation to those goods; and