Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1975 (REPEALED) - SECT 19

    (1)     Subject to this section, the chief inspector may issue licences authorising the manufacture of explosives in premises.

    (2)     The chief inspector shall not issue a licence under this section for the manufacture of explosives in premises unless, having made due inquiry, the chief inspector is satisfied that—

        (a)     the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold the licence; and

        (b)     the composition, construction and dimensions of the premises in which it is proposed to manufacture the explosives are such as to ensure the safe keeping and manufacture of the explosives in those premises and the safety of the public; and

        (c)     all reasonable precautions have been taken, or are proposed to be taken, to ensure the safe keeping and manufacture of the explosives in the premises and the safety of the public.

    (3)     The chief inspector shall not issue a licence under this section unless it specifies—

        (a)     the person to whom it is issued; and

        (b)     the explosive or the class or classes of explosives the person is authorised to manufacture; and

        (c)     the premises in which the person is authorised to manufacture the explosive.

    (4)     While a licence under this section is in force—

        (a)     the person to whom it was issued; and

        (b)     any employee of that person acting in the course of his or her employment by that person; and

        (c)     if that person is a corporation—any person acting in his or her capacity as a director of the corporation;

are authorised to manufacture the explosive or an explosive of the class or classes specified in the licence in the premises so specified but only when they manufacture the explosive in accordance with the terms and conditions (if any) of the licence.