Div 1Preliminary

Division 1—Preliminary 14A.01—Interpretation (1) In this Part— blaster's licence means a licence authorising the conduct of a blasting operation; blasting explosive means an explosive that is used to provide the majority of the force when blasting rock or similar material, and includes the components for the initiation of the explosive such as a booster, detonator, fuse, shock tube or ignitor; blasting operation means an operation or that part of an operation consisting of the use of blasting explosives conducted in the course of mining operations; butt means any portion of a shothole that remains in the ground or other material being blasted after a charge has been fired; charge means blasting explosives that are placed in a shothole or other place for firing; detonator means a plain, electric, electronic or non‑electric type detonator, detonating relay, connector or bunch block or other device with detonators; high temperature blasting and hot material have the same meaning as in AS 2187.2 Explosives - Storage and use - Part 2 - Use of explosives; licensee means the holder of a blaster's licence under this Part; mine has the same meaning as in Chapter 10 of the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012; mining operations has the same meaning as in Chapter 10 of the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012; mine operator has the same meaning as in Chapter 10 of the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012; opal mining or opal mining operations means mining operations carried out in the course of prospecting or mining for precious stones; precious stones means opal and other minerals declared to be precious stones under the Opal Mining Act 1995; shotfirer means a natural person responsible for the conduct of a blasting operation; shothole means a hole made for the purposes of placing in position explosives which are to be fired; site means the site of a mine and includes the area in the vicinity of a mine; use, in relation to explosives, means the preparation, assembling, charging or firing of explosives. (2) In this Part, a reference to a quantity of explosives is, in the case of an explosive article that contains explosive and non‑explosive components, a reference to the mass (in kilograms) of the explosive components exclusive of any non‑explosive components (ie the net explosive quantity). (3) However, if the net explosive quantity cannot be readily determined, the quantity of explosives in the article will be taken to be the mass of the article (in kilograms).