Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00989:reg:11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00989
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11
Character Range: 16581–18024

11  Transport of certain authorised Commonwealth explosives prohibited
 (1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) the person transports, by road or rail, authorised Commonwealth explosives; and
 (b) the explosives are:
 (i) not stable; or
 (ii) of a kind that are classified in the AE Code as in class 1.1A; or
 (iii) not capable of passing the tests, or meeting the criteria, applicable to the explosives set out or referred to in the United Nations manual called Manual of Tests and Criteria ‑ Eighth Revised Edition (ISBN: 9789210019033), published in October 2023, part of the periodical Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Tests and Criteria; and
 (c) either:
 (i) the person does not have written permission under subsection (2) to transport the explosives; or
 (ii) if the person has written permission under subsection (2) to transport the explosives—the person does not comply with a condition of the permission.
Note 1: The Manual of Tests and Criteria ‑ Eight Revised Edition could in 2024 be viewed on the United Nations iLibrary website (https://www.un‑ilibrary.org).
Note 2: Penalties for a failure to comply with this subsection are set by section 20 of the Act.
 (2) The Competent Authority may, for the purposes of subparagraph (1)(c)(ii), grant written permission, subject to any conditions specified in the permission, to a person to transport, by road or rail, authorised Commonwealth explosives.