Explosives Act 1957 (Cth)

EXPLOSIVES.

No. 33 of 1957.

An Act to amend the Explosives Act 1952.

[Assented to 7th June, 1957.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Explosives Act 1957.

(2.) The Explosives Act 1952, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Explosives Act 1952–1957.

Commencement.

2.This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Orders.

3.Section six of the Explosives Act 1952 is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(b)to direct, by order, that a vessel in which Commonwealth explosives are, or are to be, loaded may, for a purpose or purposes specified in the order, be berthed in a port so specified.”; and

 

(b)by inserting after sub-section (1.) the following sub-section:—

“(1a.) The regulations may provide that, where a vessel specified in an order referred to in paragraph (b)