Dangerous Goods (General) Regulation 1999
Historical version for 31 May 2002 to 29 February 2004 (accessed 25 May 2013 at 17:43) Repealed version

102   Certain explosives that may be kept in or on unlicensed premises

(1)  For the purposes of section 9 (1) (c) of the Act, the prescribed quantity of explosives that may be kept in or on the same unlicensed premises is:
(a)  not more than 2.5 kilograms of blasting explosives (as defined in Division 4, Part 4), not more than 110 detonators and not more than 250 metres of detonating fuse if the explosives have been received under the authority of a shotfirer’s permit or a permit under Division 4 of Part 4 (Issue by police of permits to receive explosives), or
(b)  an unlimited quantity if the explosives are display fireworks received under the authority of a display fireworks permit, or
(c)  an unlimited quantity if the explosives are:
(i)  safety cartridges not kept for sale, or
(ii)  dangerous goods of Class 1.4S (not being detonators), not elsewhere specified in this subclause, or
(d)  not more than 2 000 rounds if the explosives are safety cartridges kept for sale, or
(e)  10 kilograms or less if the explosive is a propellant powder received under the authority of a firearms licence, or
(f)  2.5 kilograms or less if the explosive is a propellant powder received under the authority of a shotfirer’s permit or a permit under Division 4 of Part 4, or
(g)  10 kilograms NEQ or less of distress signals and one tonne or less of toy fireworks if the explosives are distress signals not kept for sale and toy fireworks, or
(h)  an unlimited quantity if the explosives have been received under the authority of a collector’s permit.
(2)  For the purposes of subclause (1), explosives that are kept by a person in or on premises within one kilometre of each other are taken to be kept in or on the same premises.
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