Licensing of premises
22 Licensing of premises
The Director may license any person to store explosives upon any premises subject to this Act.
The licence shall be valid only for the person named therein and for the quantities of explosives named therein.
If a person in whose name a licence is issued under this section contravenes or fails to comply with this Act or a condition of the licence, the licensee is guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
in the case of a body corporate—$35 000;
in any other case—$5 000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
If a licensee is guilty of an offence against subsection (3)—
the whole or any part of the explosives on the premises may be forfeited to the Crown by a court of summary jurisdiction; and
the licence may be revoked by the Director.
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