24Permission to transport certain authorised Commonwealth explosives

24 Permission to transport certain authorised Commonwealth explosives

(1) This regulation applies to authorised Commonwealth explosives that: (a) are not stable; or (b) are not capable of passing the tests, or meeting the criteria, applicable to the explosives set out or referred to in the United Nations manual called Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Manual of Tests and Criteria that is referred to in Chapter 1 of the AE Code; or (c) are explosives of a kind that are included in class 1.1A. (2) A person may transport, by road or rail, authorised Commonwealth explosives to which this regulation applies only with the written permission of the Competent Authority and in accordance with any conditions specified in the permission.

Note 1: Penalties for a contravention of this regulation are set by section 20 of the Act.

Note 2: The Manual of Tests and Criteria is available from United Nations Publications at http://unp.un.org.

Note 3: Due to subsection 14 (2) of the Legislation Act 2003, the Manual of Tests and Criteria mentioned in paragraph (1) (b) is incorporated by reference as it exists on 1 February 2011.