New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

EXPLOSIVES REGULATION 2005 - REG 53

53 Possession and storage of certain explosives-emergency service

(1) An emergency service is not required to be authorised by a licence in order to possess or store explosives or explosive precursors that have come into the possession of a member of the emergency service in an emergency situation (for example, ammunition or explosives that have been confiscated and stored by a police officer).

(2) In this clause, "emergency service" includes any of the following:

(a) the Ambulance Service of New South Wales,

(b) New South Wales Fire Brigades,

(c) the NSW Rural Fire Service,

(d) the NSW Police Force,

(e) the State Emergency Service,

(f) the New South Wales Volunteer Rescue Association Incorporated,

(g) the New South Wales Mines Rescue Brigade established under the Coal Industry Act 2001 ,

(h) an accredited rescue unit within the meaning of the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 .