Explosives Act 1999
sec.56Notice of explosives incidents
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sec.56 Notice of explosives incidents
The relevant person for explosives involved in an explosives incident must, as soon as possible after the incident, notify the chief inspector of the incident in the approved form. Maximum penalty—170 penalty units. It is not a defence in a proceeding under subsection (1) that the giving of the required information might tend to incriminate the relevant person for explosives involved in an explosives incident. The required information is not admissible in evidence against the relevant person for explosives involved in an explosives incident in any criminal proceeding. Subsection (3) does not prevent the required information being admitted in evidence in a criminal proceeding about the falsity or misleading nature of the required information. In this section— required information means the information required to be included in the approved form mentioned in subsection (1) . s 56 sub 2019 No. 7 s 55 ; 2024 No. 34 s 113 (sec.56-ssec.1) The relevant person for explosives involved in an explosives incident must, as soon as possible after the incident, notify the chief inspector of the incident in the approved form. Maximum penalty—170 penalty units. (sec.56-ssec.2) It is not a defence in a proceeding under subsection (1) that the giving of the required information might tend to incriminate the relevant person for explosives involved in an explosives incident. (sec.56-ssec.3) The required information is not admissible in evidence against the relevant person for explosives involved in an explosives incident in any criminal proceeding. (sec.56-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not prevent the required information being admitted in evidence in a criminal proceeding about the falsity or misleading nature of the required information. (sec.56-ssec.5) In this section— required information means the information required to be included in the approved form mentioned in subsection (1) .