138Responsibilities during blasting

138 Responsibilities during blasting (1) A person in charge of works for which blasting explosives are used shall ensure that these Regulations are complied with and that the firing of blasting explosives is carried out by a shotfirer.

Dangerous Goods Regulations 1985 41 (2) A shotfirer who uses blasting explosives shall ensure that all unexploded explosives are removed from the blasting site or made safe in accordance with section 9 of Part 2 of AS 2187 "Explosives – Storage, transport and use". (3) A person shall not use blasting explosives in a municipality or town except with the permission of an authorized person and in accordance with directions, if any, given by that authorized person. (4) In this regulation: authorized person means: (a) an officer; or (b) where the local government council of a municipality has designated in respect of its municipality an authorized person for the purpose of this regulation, that designated person. municipality means a municipality constituted and in existence under the Local Government Act 2019.