Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.79AAccountability for explosives
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sec.79A Accountability for explosives
A person at a mine who has the immediate custody or control of any explosives, whether for the purpose of storing, transporting, using or disposing of the explosives or for another purpose, must ensure the following requirements are complied with— if the person takes the explosives from storage at the mine, the person must— deliver the explosives to a person authorised to receive them, and account for them on delivery; or use the explosives, and account for their use; if the person transports the explosives at the mine, the person must deliver the explosives to a person designated to receive the explosives, and must account for the explosives both when received for transport and when delivered; if the person uses the explosives, the person must— account for the explosives; and return all explosives that are surplus to what is required to their storage location, and account for the explosives; the person must account for the explosives if the explosives are destroyed or disposed of. If the person can not properly account for any of the explosives in accordance with subsection (1) , the person must report the failure, using the system or written procedure established under section 79 . In this section— account for , in relation to explosives, means— accurately detail, through appropriate record keeping, what happens to the explosives; and provide enough information for detecting theft or other loss under the system or written procedure established under section 79 . (sec.79A-ssec.1) A person at a mine who has the immediate custody or control of any explosives, whether for the purpose of storing, transporting, using or disposing of the explosives or for another purpose, must ensure the following requirements are complied with— if the person takes the explosives from storage at the mine, the person must— deliver the explosives to a person authorised to receive them, and account for them on delivery; or use the explosives, and account for their use; if the person transports the explosives at the mine, the person must deliver the explosives to a person designated to receive the explosives, and must account for the explosives both when received for transport and when delivered; if the person uses the explosives, the person must— account for the explosives; and return all explosives that are surplus to what is required to their storage location, and account for the explosives; the person must account for the explosives if the explosives are destroyed or disposed of. (sec.79A-ssec.2) If the person can not properly account for any of the explosives in accordance with subsection (1) , the person must report the failure, using the system or written procedure established under section 79 . (sec.79A-ssec.3) In this section— account for , in relation to explosives, means— accurately detail, through appropriate record keeping, what happens to the explosives; and provide enough information for detecting theft or other loss under the system or written procedure established under section 79 .