South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The purpose of
this Division is to ensure—
(a) that
hazards to the health and safety of persons involved in the performance of
mining work, or in the vicinity of a mine or mining work, are identified
before the work begins; and
(b) that
measures are taken to eliminate or minimise those risks before, during and
after the performance of the work; and
(c) that
the work is carried out in a safe manner.
(2) This Division
applies to work, plant and operations associated with mining operations.
(2a) This Division
does not apply to work, plant or operations associated with mining operations
under the Opal Mining Act 1995 .
(3) In this
Division—
"ammonium nitrate mixture" means an explosive of classification code 1.1D or
1.5D comprising ammonium nitrate and another substance or substances;
"Australian Explosives Code" means the Australian Code for the Transport of
Explosives by Road and Rail (Australian Explosives Code) , published by the
Department of Transport and Communications, Federal Office of Road Safety
(first edition, May 1991), as amended or substituted from time to time;
"blaster's licence" means a licence authorising the conduct of a
blasting operation;
"blasting explosive" means an explosive of classification code 1.1B, 1.4B.,
1.1D or 1.5D and includes ammonium nitrate mixture and blasting powder;
"blasting operation" means an operation or that part of an operation
consisting of the use of blasting explosives conducted in the course of a
mining operation;
"butt" means any portion of a shothole that remains in the ground or other
material being blasted after a charge has been fired;
"charge" means blasting explosives that are placed in a shothole or other
place for firing;
"classification code"—see subregulation (4);
"detonator" means a plain, electric or non-electric type detonator, detonating
relay, connector or bunch block or other device with detonators;
"explosive" means an explosive within the meaning of the Explosives
Act 1936 ;
"high temperature blasting" and "hot material" have the same meaning as in AS
2187 Part 2;
"licensee" means the holder of a blaster's licence under this Division;
"manager" or "mine manager" means a person for the time being having the
immediate charge or direction of operations at a mine;
"mine" means a mine within the meaning of the Mines and Works Inspection
Act 1920 , but does not include an excavation involved in construction,
pipe laying or cable laying work;
"mining" or "mining operation" have the same meaning as in the
Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920 ;
"mining work" means work carried out at a mine;
"shotfirer" means a natural person responsible for the conduct of a
blasting operation;
"shothole" means a hole made for the purposes of placing in position
explosives which are to be fired;
"site" means the site of a mine and includes the area in the vicinity of a
mine;
"site report" means a report prepared under regulation 5.12.4;
"use", in relation to explosives, means the preparation, assembling, charging
or firing of explosives.
(4) In these
regulations—
(a) a
reference to a classification code is a reference to the code as set out in
the Australian Explosives Code representing the hazard division and the
compatibility group to which an explosive has been assigned; and
(b) a
reference to a hazard division is a reference to a division of Class 1
dangerous goods within the meaning of the Australian Explosives Code; and
(c) a
reference to a compatibility group is a reference to a compatibility group
within the meaning of the Australian Explosives Code.
(5) For the purposes
of these regulations the classification code or hazard division appropriate to
a quantity of explosives of different kinds is to be determined in accordance
with the Australian Explosives Code.
(6) In these
regulations, a reference to a quantity of explosives is, in the case of an
explosive article that contains explosive and non-explosive components, a
reference to the mass (in kilograms) of the explosive components exclusive of
any non-explosive components ( ie the net explosive quantity).
(7) However, if the
net explosive quantity cannot be readily determined, the quantity of
explosives in the article will be taken to be the mass of the article (in
kilograms).