5Definitions

5 Definitions

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

Act means the Explosives Act 1961.

AE Code or Australian Explosives Code means the third edition of the Australian Code for the Transport of Explosives by Road and Rail endorsed by the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council on 3 April 2009.

Note: The Australian Explosives Code can be viewed at http://www.defence.gov.au/jlc/dos.html.

approved security plan has the meaning given by regulation 26.

authorised Commonwealth explosive means a Commonwealth explosive, or a kind of Commonwealth explosive, included in the List of Authorised Commonwealth Explosives.

Commonwealth explosives means explosives to which Part II of the Act applies.

Note: See sections 5 and 9 of the Act.

Note: The definition of explosives in section 5 is as follows:

Note: ‘explosives means:

(a) substances or articles capable of producing an explosive, incendiary or pyrotechnic effect;
(b) substances or articles prescribed by the regulations to be explosives; or
(c) containers that have contained a substance or article to which paragraph (a) or (b) applies and have not been certified, in accordance with the regulations, to be free from explosives.’.

Note: Section 9 is as follows:

Note: ‘This Part applies to explosives that:

(a) are the property of, or are in the possession or control of, the Commonwealth;
(ab) have been manufactured by the Commonwealth and, in pursuance of an arrangement made with the Commonwealth, are intended to be, or are being, exported from the Commonwealth; or
(b) are the property of, or are in the possession or control of, the government or the naval, military or air forces of another country and are in the Commonwealth or a Territory with the approval of the Commonwealth for the purposes of, or a purpose related to, the defence of the Commonwealth.’.

Commonwealth public official has the meaning given in the Dictionary to the Criminal Code.

Competent Authority means a person appointed under regulation 10 to be the Competent Authority for these Regulations.