Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (SAFETY STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 8.02A

         (1)   Subject to subregulation (3), the provisions of this Part mentioned in subregulation (2) apply in relation to the storage and handling, at a workplace, of explosives.

Note    Regulation 8.02 sets out the application of this Part to dangerous goods other than explosives.

         (2)   The provisions are:

                (a)    regulation 8.04; and

               (b)                regulations 8.10, 8.12 and 8.13; and

                (c)    regulations 8.15, 8.16 and 8.17, 8.26, 8.27, 8.35, 8.36, 8.37, 8.40, 8.44A, 8.44B, 8.44C, 8.57, 8.58 and 8.67.

         (3)   This Part does not apply in relation to any of the following:

                (a)    the defence employing authority;

               (b)    explosives that are part of an Australian Federal Police operation for bomb detection or bomb disposal;

                (c)    explosives that:

                          (i)    are part of, or are necessary for the operation of, the equipment or any of the accessories of a vehicle, ship or other mobile plant, appliance or device; or

                         (ii)    are in the operating system for the equipment or such accessory; or

               (d)    explosives that are being transported in accordance with:

                          (i)    the AE Code; or

                         (ii)    the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, published by the International Civil Aviation Organization, as in force on 1 May 2006; or

                        (iii)    the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, published by the International Maritime Organisation, as in force on 1 May 2006; or

                        (iv)    the Dangerous Goods Regulations, published by the International Air Transport Association, as in force on 1 May 2006.