New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATION 1999 - REG 229

229 Manufacture of explosives from ammonium nitrate and fuel oil

(1) A person must not manufacture an explosive by blending together ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, or those and other substances, except in accordance with this clause and AS 2187 (Explosives-Storage, transport and use), Part 2 (Use of explosives) .

Penalty: Contravention of this subclause is an offence and is punishable in accordance with clause 340.

(2) The ingredients must be so blended to produce a homogeneous mixture.

(3) All appliances and tools used for the blending must be made of materials that are compatible with ammonium nitrate.

(4) The blending must be done:

(a) by means of a mixer operated by manual power or operated by an approved motor, or

(b) by other approved means.

(5) If the blending is done by means of a machine operated by manual power or by a motor:

(a) all bearings and gears of the machine must be protected against entry or accumulation of ammonium nitrate dust, and

(b) the containers and utensils of, or that are used in connection with, the machine must be cleaned at the end of the work of each day or shift in which the machine has been used.

(6) Any container or packaging used for the conveyance of the explosive from the place of manufacture to the place of use or to a magazine must be securely closed during the conveyance.

Penalty: Contravention of this subclause is an offence and is punishable in accordance with clause 340.

(7) If the explosive is manufactured at or near the place of use, so far as is practicable only so much of the explosive must be manufactured as is needed for use on the day of manufacture and any surplus must be kept, destroyed or disposed of as prescribed by this Regulation.

Penalty: Contravention of this subclause is an offence and is punishable in accordance with clause 340.

(8) For the purposes of section 20 (2) (d) of the Act, subclauses (2)-(7) prescribe the manner of blending, at or near the place of use, of the inexplosive components of an explosive if those components are:

(a) ammonium nitrate of an approved type, and

(b) clean, unused fuel oil having a flash point exceeding 60.5°Celsius,

either alone or together with a dye.