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) of the last preceding sub-section is not provided with a berth in the port so specified or is provided with a berth in the port that, in the opinion of the person who made the order, is not suitable for the purpose or purposes so specified, that person may, by order, give such directions as are necessary for ensuring that the vessel is, for such period as is necessary, provided with a berth in the port that is so suitable.”.