sec.87Requirement to report suspect or unusual request to purchase security sensitive explosive

sec.87 Requirement to report suspect or unusual request to purchase security sensitive explosive

This section applies if— the holder of a licence to sell explosives receives a request from another person to purchase a security sensitive explosive, whether or not the other person is identified; and the request could reasonably give rise to a suspicion that— the proposed purchase, or the use of the explosive after the proposed purchase, may not comply with the Act ; or the proposed purchase is unusual. The holder must immediately give the chief inspector notice of all details the holder has of the request and the other person. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. For subsection (1) (b) , the circumstances that could reasonably give rise to a suspicion mentioned in that subsection include, but are not limited to, the following— a request for a cash sale; the amount of the explosive is unusual, having regard to relevant industry conventions; the stated proposed use of the explosive is unusual; using blasting explosives for special effects like blowing up a car, outside relevant industry conventions the stated proposed location of the proposed use is unusual; a proposed use of a large amount of a security sensitive explosive in a major commercial area a proposed use of a security sensitive explosive to blow up a car in a shopping centre the other person holds a licence of a particular type and the request is to purchase a security sensitive explosive for a purpose and use not allowed under that type of licence; the request shows an absence by the other person of a detailed knowledge of security sensitive explosives or the use of particular security sensitive explosives. (sec.87-ssec.1) This section applies if— the holder of a licence to sell explosives receives a request from another person to purchase a security sensitive explosive, whether or not the other person is identified; and the request could reasonably give rise to a suspicion that— the proposed purchase, or the use of the explosive after the proposed purchase, may not comply with the Act ; or the proposed purchase is unusual. (sec.87-ssec.2) The holder must immediately give the chief inspector notice of all details the holder has of the request and the other person. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (sec.87-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (b) , the circumstances that could reasonably give rise to a suspicion mentioned in that subsection include, but are not limited to, the following— a request for a cash sale; the amount of the explosive is unusual, having regard to relevant industry conventions; the stated proposed use of the explosive is unusual; using blasting explosives for special effects like blowing up a car, outside relevant industry conventions the stated proposed location of the proposed use is unusual; a proposed use of a large amount of a security sensitive explosive in a major commercial area a proposed use of a security sensitive explosive to blow up a car in a shopping centre the other person holds a licence of a particular type and the request is to purchase a security sensitive explosive for a purpose and use not allowed under that type of licence; the request shows an absence by the other person of a detailed knowledge of security sensitive explosives or the use of particular security sensitive explosives.