Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Dangerous Goods (Explosives) Regulations 2000 - SECT 412

Warning signs on magazines

412. Warning signs on magazines



(1) Every magazine and every annexe to a magazine must have a sign on the
outside of the door, that is marked in conspicuous red letters on a white
background, with the word or words-

(a) if it is used solely for detonators-"EXPLOSIVES DETONATORS"; or

(b) if it used solely for fireworks-"FIREWORKS"; or

(c) if it is used solely for safety ammunition-"AMMUNITION"; or

(d) if it is used solely for propellants-"PROPELLANTS"; or

(e) if it is used solely for distress signals-"DISTRESS SIGNALS" or

(f) if it is used for black powder-"BLACK POWDER".

(2) A Class Label not less than 250 mm. square must be affixed-

   (a)  to the door of the magazine; and



   (b)  if a security fence is provided-on the gate, facing out-

and must show the Hazard Division of the explosives stored, or, if the
explosives are of more than one Hazard Division, their collective Hazard
Division determined under regulation 110.

(3) The name and address of the licence holder must be displayed at a
conspicuous point on the outside of a magazine specified in the licence
holder's licence or outside the magazine area.

Division 3-Operation of magazines