Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Dangerous Goods (Explosives) Regulations 2000 - SECT 312

Exemption for existing factories concerning safety distances

312. Exemption for existing factories concerning safety distances



(1) It is not necessary for a factory that was operated under a licence issued
under the Dangerous Goods (Explosives) Regulations 1988 to comply with
regulation 311 if-

   (a)  immediately before the date this regulation come into operation the
        factory complied with all the relevant requirements concerning safety
        distances imposed by those Regulations; and

   (b)  the factory continues to comply with those requirements as if those
        Regulations had not been revoked.

(2) This regulation ceases to apply if a building or structure is subject to
any change that has the effect of creating a new hazard or of increasing the
risk associated with an existing hazard.

Division 2-ANFO and central mixing points