Explosives Regulations 2022
105Construction of fireworks mortars
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105 Construction of fireworks mortars
(1) In this regulation –
defective, in relation to a fireworks mortar, means a fireworks mortar with a tube or base made of material that is likely to burn, melt, distort, crack, splinter or fragment from the kinds of detonations and explosions typically involved in the use of such mortars;
fireworks mortar means a mortar for launching fireworks.
(2) A person must not make a defective fireworks mortar.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(3) A person must not, in respect of a fireworks mortar that the person knows or reasonably ought to know to be defective, do any of the following:
(a) sell or supply the fireworks mortar to another person;
(b) use the fireworks mortar;
(c) cause or allow another person to use the fireworks mortar.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.