186Suitable people to hold shot-firer licences—Act,

186 Suitable people to hold shot-firer licences—Act, to be issued with, or to continue to hold, a shot-firer licence include the following: (a) whether the person is an individual; (b) whether the person has demonstrated adequate knowledge and experience of the following matters (the licence criteria): (i) safety in the use of explosives by the method stated in the application; and

(ii) the requirements of this regulation that relate to explosives and that method of use. (2) For subsection (1) (b), a person is taken to have demonstrated adequate knowledge and experience of the licence criteria if the applicant meets 1 or more of the following conditions: (a) the applicant has passed an examination approved by the work health and safety commissioner to test the applicant’s knowledge and experience of the licence criteria; (b) the person has— (i) attended a training course approved by the work health and safety commissioner on the use of explosives for blasting operations; and (ii) passed the course, or met an applicable standard of competency to the satisfaction of the work health and safety commissioner because of the course; and (iii) demonstrated suitable practical experience in the use of the explosives intended to be used under the licence, to the satisfaction of the work health and safety commissioner; (c) the person has demonstrated suitable practical experience in the use of the explosives intended to be used under the licence, to the satisfaction of the work health and safety commissioner. (3) A person is also taken to have demonstrated adequate knowledge and experience of the licence criteria if the applicant holds a qualification relating to the use of explosives for blasting operations issued outside the ACT that is approved by the work health and safety (4) An approval under this section is a notifiable instrument.