Explosives Regulation 2024

An authorised supplier who supplies an explosive or explosive precursor to another person (the receiver) must obtain the following—

if the receiver is an individual—proof of the receiver’s identity,

if the receiver is a corporation—proof of identity of an officer of the corporation who is authorised to handle the explosive or explosive precursor,

evidence that—

the receiver is authorised by a licence, or otherwise authorised under a corresponding law, to possess the explosive or explosive precursor in the quantity supplied, or

the receiver is not required to be authorised by a licence to possess the explosive or explosive precursor, or

the explosive or explosive precursor is to be delivered to the receiver outside Australia.

For subsection (1) proof of identity may be given by—

the following documents issued in Australia—

a driver licence displaying a photograph of the holder,

a passport,

a Photo Card issued under the Photo Card Act 2005,

a card for proving a person’s age that—

is issued under a law of the Commonwealth or another State or Territory, and

displays a photograph of the holder, or

an equivalent document issued by a government authority in another country, or

another document approved by the regulatory authority for this section.

If supply is by consignment, the authorised supplier must also—

give the receiver a notice setting out a description of, and the quantity of, the explosives or explosive precursors supplied, and

have received from the receiver confirmation that the receiver will be prepared to receive the explosives or explosive precursors on a specified day or within a specified period, and

send the explosives or explosive precursors at a time and in a way that, in the ordinary course of transport, the receiver will receive them on the specified day or within the specified period, and

send the consignment with a person who holds a licence to transport by vehicle.

Subsection (3)(d) does not apply to the supply of explosives or explosive precursors of a kind or in a quantity that may, under this regulation, be transported by a person who does not hold a licence to transport by vehicle or a licence to transport by vessel.