Queensland Consolidated Regulations Queensland Consolidated Regulations(1) This section applies if the holder of a licence to sell explosives (the seller) proposes to--
(a) sell a security sensitive explosive to someone (the new client) to whom the seller has not previously sold a security sensitive explosive; or
(b) supply a security sensitive explosive to an employee mentioned in section 39(1) (also the new client) if the new client's employer is someone to whom the seller has not previously sold a security sensitive explosive.
Note--
Under section 39(2), the employee is, in particular circumstances, taken to be the holder of particular authorities held by the employer.
(2) The seller must not sell or supply the explosive to the new client unless subsections (3) to (7) have been complied with.
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units.
(3) The seller must--
(a) obtain each of the following--
(i) the new client's name and address (the personal details);
(ii) the new client's telephone number or other electronic contact details;
(iii) a document that bears the new client's signature signed in the seller's presence or a certified copy of a document bearing the new client's signature;
(iv) a signed statement by the new client about how the new client proposes to use the explosive (the proposed use);
(v) if the new client is an employee mentioned in section 39(1)--
(A) written evidence of the matters mentioned in section 39(1); and
(B) the telephone number or other electronic contact details of the new client's employer (also the personal details); and
(b) obtain a certified copy of--
(i) documentary evidence confirming the personal details; and
Example of documentary evidence that may confirm the personal details--
a current driver's licence held by the new client
(ii) the licence under the Act or the Weapons Act 1990 held by the new client that authorises the new client to purchase the explosive from the seller (the client's licence); and
(c) make a written record (the client record) of--
(i) the personal details; and
(ii) the telephone number or other electronic contact details obtained; and
(iii) the following for each document obtained under paragraph (b)(i)--
(A) a description of its nature or type;
Example--
'driver's licence'
(B) any identifying number;
(C) any date of its issue;
(D) details that allow the person who apparently issued it to be identified; and
(iv) the type of the client's licence and any expiry date stated on it.
(4) The documentary evidence obtained under subsection (3)(b)(i)--
(a) must not appear to have been forged or tampered with; and
(b) must include--
(i) a name and address that matches the name and address given by the new client; and
(ii) a signature that apparently matches the signature mentioned in subsection (3)(a)(iii); and
(iii) a photo of the new client.
(5) After complying with subsection (3), the seller must give the chief inspector--
(a) a request in the approved form asking the chief inspector to validate the new client's identity and the client's licence; and
(b) copies of the documents required to be obtained under subsection (3) and of the client record.
(6) The seller must not proceed with the proposed sale or supply unless the chief inspector gives the seller notice that the chief inspector has validated the new client's identity and the client's licence.
(7) Subsections (5) and (6) do not apply if the explosive is propellant powder and the client's licence is a licence under the Weapons Act 1990 that authorises the proposed use.