Explosives Act 1999
sec.40Safety and security at factories
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sec.40 Safety and security at factories
Each person in control of, or working at, an explosives factory must take reasonable precautions and use reasonable care to prevent an explosives incident at the factory. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. The holder of an authority in relation to an explosives factory must ensure a notice warning persons at the factory of their liability to penalty for an offence against subsection (1) is always conspicuously displayed so anyone entering the factory can easily see and read it. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. s 40 amd 2019 No. 7 s 50 (sec.40-ssec.1) Each person in control of, or working at, an explosives factory must take reasonable precautions and use reasonable care to prevent an explosives incident at the factory. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (sec.40-ssec.2) The holder of an authority in relation to an explosives factory must ensure a notice warning persons at the factory of their liability to penalty for an offence against subsection (1) is always conspicuously displayed so anyone entering the factory can easily see and read it. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.