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These regulations may be cited as the Security-sensitive Dangerous Substances Regulations 2025 .
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These regulations set out what must go into security plans for activities involving security-sensitive dangerous substances and fix the fees and a late-application penalty for related permits. They apply to companies and individuals seeking or holding SSDS permits and require applicants to pay the Schedule 1 fees and meet specified storage, transport and identity‑checking requirements (Reg 4, Reg 5, Sch 1, Reg 6). The Department of Justice administers the rules.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Security-sensitive Dangerous Substances Regulations 2025.
These regulations may be cited as the Security-sensitive Dangerous Substances Regulations 2025 .
These regulations take effect on 4 November 2025.
In these regulations –
Act means the Security-sensitive Dangerous Substances Act 2005 .
For the purposes of section 9(2)(b) and section 12(c) of the Act, the following requirements are prescribed:
(a) where the applicant is a company, the security plan must specify –
(i) the company's ABN or ACN number; and
(ii) how the company can be contacted in an emergency; and
(iii) the nature of the company's business activities as they relate to the SSDS;
(b) where the proposed restricted activity is, or includes, SSDS storage, the security plan must include a safe storage scheme that –
(i) contains a security risk assessment for each SSDS storage place; and
(ii) contains a site map showing each SSDS storage place; and
(iii) provides for the maintenance of SSDS inventories including the recording of persons involved in the movement of SSDS to and from each site; and
(iv) establishes access controls for each SSDS storage place;
(c) where the proposed restricted activity is, or includes, SSDS transportation, the security plan must include a safe transportation scheme that –
(i) contains particulars of the make, type and registration number of each vehicle that will be used to transport the SSDS; and
(ii) contains particulars of the key routes that will be used to transport the SSDS;
(d) in the case of any security plan, a scheme for checking the identity of employees of the applicant who are nominated as responsible workers for the permit.
The fees set out in Schedule 1 are the fees prescribed for the purposes of the Act.
For the purposes of section 25(4) of the Act, the prescribed penalty is 0.4 penalty units.
| Item No. | Section of Act | General description | Fee(Fee units) | | 1. | 9(1) | Application for long-term SSDS permit – | | | | | Base fee | 130 | | | | Additional fee for each background check | 42 | | | | Additional fee for each person nominated as a responsible worker | 8 | | 2. | 9(1) | Application for short-term SSDS permit – | | | | | Base fee | 130 | | | | Additional fee for each background check | 42 | | | | Additional fee for each person nominated as a responsible worker | 8 | | 3. | 25(3) | Application to renew long-term SSDS permit – | | | | | Base fee | 130 | | | | Additional fee for each background check | 42 | | | | Additional fee for each person nominated as a responsible worker | 8 | | 4. | 33(2) | Replacement of permit (first time) | 9 | | | | Replacement of permit (second or subsequent time) | 18 | | 5. | 38(3) | Replacement of identity card (first time) | 8 | | | | Replacement of identity card (second or subsequent time) | 13 | | 6. | 39(3) | Nomination of new responsible worker | 50 |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 October 2025
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
These regulations may be cited as the Security-sensitive Dangerous Substances Regulations 2025 .
These regulations take effect on 4 November 2025.
In these regulations –
Act means the Security-sensitive Dangerous Substances Act 2005 .
For the purposes of section 9(2)(b) and section 12(c) of the Act, the following requirements are prescribed:
(a) where the applicant is a company, the security plan must specify –
(i) the company's ABN or ACN number; and
(ii) how the company can be contacted in an emergency; and
(iii) the nature of the company's business activities as they relate to the SSDS;
(b) where the proposed restricted activity is, or includes, SSDS storage, the security plan must include a safe storage scheme that –
(i) contains a security risk assessment for each SSDS storage place; and
(ii) contains a site map showing each SSDS storage place; and
(iii) provides for the maintenance of SSDS inventories including the recording of persons involved in the movement of SSDS to and from each site; and
(iv) establishes access controls for each SSDS storage place;
(c) where the proposed restricted activity is, or includes, SSDS transportation, the security plan must include a safe transportation scheme that –
(i) contains particulars of the make, type and registration number of each vehicle that will be used to transport the SSDS; and
(ii) contains particulars of the key routes that will be used to transport the SSDS;
(d) in the case of any security plan, a scheme for checking the identity of employees of the applicant who are nominated as responsible workers for the permit.
The fees set out in Schedule 1 are the fees prescribed for the purposes of the Act.
For the purposes of section 25(4) of the Act, the prescribed penalty is 0.4 penalty units.
Regulation 5
| Item No. | Section of Act | General description | Fee(Fee units) | | 1. | 9(1) | Application for long-term SSDS permit – | | | | | Base fee | 130 | | | | Additional fee for each background check | 42 | | | | Additional fee for each person nominated as a responsible worker | 8 | | 2. | 9(1) | Application for short-term SSDS permit – | | | | | Base fee | 130 | | | | Additional fee for each background check | 42 | | | | Additional fee for each person nominated as a responsible worker | 8 | | 3. | 25(3) | Application to renew long-term SSDS permit – | | | | | Base fee | 130 | | | | Additional fee for each background check | 42 | | | | Additional fee for each person nominated as a responsible worker | 8 | | 4. | 33(2) | Replacement of permit (first time) | 9 | | | | Replacement of permit (second or subsequent time) | 18 | | 5. | 38(3) | Replacement of identity card (first time) | 8 | | | | Replacement of identity card (second or subsequent time) | 13 | | 6. | 39(3) | Nomination of new responsible worker | 50 |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 October 2025
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.