Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Dangerous Goods (Explosives) Regulations 2000 - SECT 311

Separation distances for factories

311. Separation distances for factories



(1) The holder of a licence to manufacture explosives in a factory under this
Part must ensure that the relevant separation distances specified in AS2187.1
are maintained between any building containing explosives within a factory
and-

   (a)  any magazine;

   (b)  any building on the same site;

   (c)  any protected works;

   (d)  any vulnerable facilities.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), if any of the explosives present at
the potential explosion site are of more than one Hazard Division, the
collective Hazard Division of the explosives must be determined in accordance
with the requirements of regulation 110.