82Notification of serious incidents involving explosives or explosive precursors

82 Notification of serious incidents involving explosives or explosive precursors

82 Notification of serious incidents involving explosives or explosive precursors

(1) A responsible notifier must give notice of a serious incident relating to the handling of an explosive or explosive precursor in the possession, custody or control of the responsible notifier to—

(a) if the incident occurred at a mining workplace—the mining workplace regulator, or

(b) otherwise—the regulatory authority.

Maximum penalty—350 penalty units.

(2) The harbour master responsible for a port must notify the regulatory authority of a serious incident relating to the handling of an explosive or explosive precursor in the port.

Maximum penalty—350 penalty units.

(3) Notice of a serious incident must—

(a) be given immediately after the responsible notifier becomes aware of the incident, and

(b) be given—

(i) by electronic communication in a way approved by the regulatory authority or the mining workplace regulator, containing full particulars of the incident, including the particulars of a death, injury or unintended damage to property arising from the incident, or

(ii) by telephone to the regulatory authority or mining workplace regulator, giving the information requested by the regulatory authority or mining workplace regulator.

(4) A responsible notifier is not required to give notice under this section if—

(a) the incident has been notified as a notifiable incident under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, and

(b) that notification is consistent with subsection (3).

s 82: Am 2025 (301), Sch 1[10].