Contents

Part I—Preliminary                                                                                                                 1

1............ Short title see Note 1]....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1

5............ Interpretation...................................................................................... 1

6............ Act binds Crown................................................................................ 1

7............ Act extends to Territories................................................................... 1

7A......... Application of the Criminal Code...................................................... 2

Part II—Handling of explosives                                                                                      3

8............ Interpretation...................................................................................... 3

9............ Explosives to which this Part applies................................................ 3

10.......... Regulations......................................................................................... 3

11.......... Orders relating to the berthing of vessels........................................... 4

11A....... Orders relating to transporting explosives by railway....................... 4

12.......... Indemnity........................................................................................... 4

Part III—Control of Commonwealth explosives areas                                       6

13.......... Interpretation...................................................................................... 6

14.......... Regulations......................................................................................... 6

Part IV—Miscellaneous                                                                                                       8

15.......... Orders................................................................................................. 8

16.......... General provisions applicable to orders............................................. 8

17.......... Date from which orders take effect.................................................... 8

18.......... Proof of instruments........................................................................... 8

19.......... Committees of advice......................................................................... 8

20.......... Offences.............................................................................................. 9

21.......... Regulations......................................................................................... 9

Notes                                                                                                                                             11

An Act relating to Explosives

Notes to the Explosives Act 1961

Note 1

The Explosives Act 1961 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 65, 1961 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Explosives Act 1961	65, 1961	24 Oct 1961	30 July 1962 (see Gazette 1962, p. 2641)
Explosives Act 1964	47, 1964	28 May 1964	4 Feb 1965 (see Gazette 1965, p. 639)	—
Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966	93, 1966	29 Oct 1966	1 Dec 1966	—
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982	80, 1982	22 Sept 1982	Part XXXIV (ss. 103–106): 20 Oct 1982 (a)	—
Statutory Instruments (Tabling and Disallowance) Legislation Amendment Act 1988	99, 1988	2 Dec 1988	2 Dec 1988	—
Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	143, 2001	1 Oct 2001	2 Oct 2001	S. 4 [see Table A]
Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2005	121, 2005	6 Oct 2005	Schedule 5: (b) Remainder: Royal Assent	—

(a)     The Explosives Act 1961 was amended by Part XXXIV (sections 103–106) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982, subsection 2(16) of which provides as follows:

               (16)   The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(b)    Subsection 2(1) (item 3) of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2005 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
3.  Schedule 5	Immediately after the commencement of section 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.	1 January 2005

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part I
S. 3......................................	am. No. 47, 1964
	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 4......................................	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 5......................................	am. No. 80, 1982
Ss. 6, 7................................	am. No. 216, 1973
S. 7A...................................	ad. No. 143, 2001
Part II
Heading to Part II.................	rs. No. 47, 1964
S. 9......................................	am. No. 47, 1964; No. 216, 1973
S. 10....................................	am. No. 216, 1973
S. 11....................................	am. No. 47, 1964; No. 80, 1982
S. 11A.................................	ad. No. 47, 1964
	am. No. 80, 1982
S. 12....................................	am. No. 80, 1982
Part III
S. 14....................................	am. No. 80, 1982
Part IV
S. 16....................................	am. No. 80, 1982; No. 99, 1988; No. 121, 2005
S. 17....................................	rs. No. 80, 1982
S. 20....................................	am. No. 93, 1966; No. 80, 1982

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 143, 2001)

4  Application of Amendments

             (1)  Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.