Explosives Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 (Qld)

Queensland Explosives Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 Subordinate Legislation 2012 No. 121 made under the ExplosivesAct1999 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 30 (What shotfirer licence authorises). . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 35 (Shotfirer licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Explosives Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Explosives Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Explosives Regulation 2003. 3 Amendment of s 30 (What shotfirer licence authorises) (1) Section 30(d)— omit, insert — ‘(d) store the blasting explosives, as required under part 8, for the purpose of using them under the licence; and (e) transport the blasting explosives, as required under part 9, for the purpose of using them under the licence.’. (2) Section 30— insert — ‘(2) However, the holder of a shotfirer licence is only authorised to do a thing mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (c) or (e) if the holder has a current competency assessment. ‘(3) In this section— current competency assessment , in relation to the holder of a shotfirer licence, means an assessment— (a) by a registered training organisation that the holder has attained the specific competencies in the use of blasting explosives contained in the industry training packages as approved by the chief inspector; and (b) that was performed within 5 years before the day the thing mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (c) or (e) is done.’. 4 Amendment of s 35 (Shotfirer licence) (1) Section 35(1)(c)— omit, insert— Page 2 2012 SL No. 121

Explosives Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2012 [s 4] ‘(c) has, within the 5 year period ending on the day the application is made, been assessed by a registered training organisation as having attained the specific competencies in the use of blasting explosives contained in the industry training packages as approved by the chief inspector; and Editor’s note — Information identifying the specific competencies and the training packages they are contained in can be accessed on the department’s website at < (2) Section 35(2), ‘subsection (1)(c)(iii), (d) and (e)’— omit, insert— ‘subsection (1)(d) and (e)’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 2 August 2012. 2 Notified in the gazette on 3 August 2012. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. © State of Queensland 2012 2012 SL No. 121 Page 3