Safety obligations
9 Safety obligations
All persons who handle explosives have the following obligations:to comply with this Act; to take all reasonable precautions and care to achieve an acceptable level of risk.
In addition to their obligations under subsection (1), the following persons have obligations under Division 2:the occupier of an explosives location; an employee at an explosives location; a manufacturer, importer or supplier of explosives; a designer, manufacturer, importer or supplier of handling systems for use at an explosives location; an installer of handling systems at an explosives location; a person that alters or maintains a handling system at an explosives location.
The occupier of an explosives location has, in addition to the obligations under subsections (1) and (2), the obligations under Part 4.
For the purposes of this Act, the obligations referred to in subsection (1), (2) or (3) are called safety obligations.
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