Safety duty
8 Safety duty
A person must, in carrying on an activity involving an explosive, take reasonable precautions and care to eliminate or minimise the safety risks associated with the activity.
In determining what measures are required to be taken for the purposes of subsection (1), regard is to be had to, amongst other things—
the nature of the explosive, the activity and any plant involved in the activity; and
the locality at which the activity is being carried on; and
the likelihood and severity of any safety risks that may be caused by the activity if the safety risks are not eliminated; and
the extent to which the measures are reasonably practicable in the circumstances taking into account measures taken by persons carrying on similar activities; and
the current state of technical knowledge and likelihood of successful application of the various measures that might be taken; and
other prescribed factors.
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