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DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1985 - SECT 54 Register of classified explosives

DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1985 - SECT 54

Register of classified explosives

S. 54(1) amended by No. 13/1996 s. 22(s)(i).

    (1)     The Authority must establish and maintain a register—

        (a)     defining the composition, quality and character of explosives; and

        (b)     classifying explosives.

S. 54(2) amended by No. 13/1996 s. 22(s)(i).

    (2)     The Authority may from time to time publish the register or a part of it.

    (3)     A person who, except for the purposes of this Act or otherwise in connection with the performance of his or her duties under this Act, discloses to another person all or any part of the information in the register is guilty of an offence.

    (4)     An explosive that is registered, defined and classified is, for the purposes of this Act, an authorised explosive.

S. 54(5) amended by No. 13/1996 s. 22(s)(ii).

    (5)     A person who without the Authority's approval imports into Victoria, manufactures, sells, transports, stores, uses or otherwise deals with an unauthorised explosive is guilty of an offence.

    (6)     A person who imports into Victoria, manufactures, sells, transports, stores, uses or otherwise deals with an explosive which the person represents as being an authorised explosive but which does not conform to the definition contained in the register is guilty of an offence.