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EXPLOSIVES ACT 1999 - SECT 126C

126C Public statements

(1) The section applies to the following persons—

(a) the Minister;
(b) the chief executive;
(c) the commissioner for mine safety and health;
(d) the chief inspector.

(2) The person may make or issue a public statement identifying, and giving information about, the following—

(a) the commission of offences against this Act and persons who commit the offences;
(b) investigations and inquiries into explosives incidents conducted under this Act;
(c) the action taken by inspectors to enforce this Act;
(d) the suspension or cancellation of an authority under section 24 or 25.

(3) The statement may identify particular information and persons.

(4) The person must not issue a public statement under this section unless satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.



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