Explosives Act 2024

An authorised person may, as reasonably required for the administration and enforcement of this Act—

enter and inspect and, if necessary, use reasonable force to break into or open—

a place or vehicle to which this Division applies; or

part of, or anything in or on, a place or vehicle to which this Division applies; and

give directions with respect to the stopping or movement of a vehicle to which this Division applies; and

require a vehicle to which this Division applies to be presented for inspection at a specified place and time; and

require a person to provide or take samples of or from an explosive or thing for analysis; and

examine or test any plant, vehicle, substance or other thing, or cause or require it to be examined or tested, or seize it or require its production for examination or testing; and

require a person to produce a document, including a written record that reproduces in an understandable form information stored by computer, microfilm or other process; and

examine, copy or take extracts from a document or information so produced or require a person to provide a copy of any such document or information; and

take photographs, films or audio, video or other recordings; and

seize and retain, or issue a seizure order in respect of an explosive—

that the authorised person reasonably suspects is not authorised; or

in order to prevent the explosive being used before it can be determined whether it is authorised or is an explosive that is not required to be authorised; and

seize and retain, or issue a seizure order in respect of anything that the authorised person reasonably suspects has been used in, or may constitute evidence of, a contravention of this Act; and

require a person who the authorised person reasonably suspects has committed, is committing, or is about to commit, a contravention of this Act to state the person's full name and usual place of residence and to produce evidence of the person's identity and, if relevant to the contravention, the person's age; and

require a person who the authorised person reasonably suspects has knowledge of matters in respect of which information is required for the administration or enforcement of this Act to answer questions in relation to those matters; and

require a person holding or required to hold a licence to produce it for inspection; and

give a direction required in connection with the exercise of a power conferred by a paragraph above or otherwise in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Act.

An authorised person may only use force under subsection (1)(a) to break into a place or vehicle to which this Division applies on the authority of a warrant or in circumstances where the authorised person is acting in the case of an emergency.

In the exercise of powers under this Act, an authorised person may be assisted by such individuals as the authorised person considers necessary in the circumstances.

An authorised person may require an occupier of a place or a person apparently in charge of any plant, vehicle or other thing to give to the authorised person, or an individual assisting the authorised person, such assistance as is reasonably required by the authorised person for the effective exercise of powers conferred by this Act.