19Licensing—meaning of application and issue

19 Licensing—meaning of application and issue application, for a licence authorising the handling of explosives, includes an application for the amendment of the licence to give the applicant a new handling authority for the explosives. issue, of a licence giving the licensee a particular kind of handling authority, includes the amendment of a licence to give the licensee that kind of handling authority in addition to another kind or kinds of handling authority given by the licence. Note The following terms are defined in the Act as follows: • handle a dangerous substance (including an explosive) means to deal with the substance in a wide variety of ways (see Act, s 11) • handling authority is a kind of handling of a dangerous substance that is authorised by a licence (see Act, s 56 (1) (d)) • licence is a licence issued under the Act (see Act, dict).