Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY (EXPLOSIVES) REGULATIONS 2007 - REG 8

8 .         “Explosive”, meaning of

        (1)         A substance or article is an explosive for the purposes of these regulations if —

            (a)         it satisfies the UNTC Test series 1 for determining if a substance or article has explosive properties; and

            (b)         it does not satisfy the UNTC Test series 2 for determining if a substance or article is too insensitive to be classified as dangerous goods of Class 1,

                or it is declared to be an explosive by the Chief Officer under regulation 15.

        (2)         Without limiting subregulation (1), a substance or article is an explosive for the purposes of these regulations if —

            (a)         in the AE Code Appendix 2 —

                  (i)         it is named in an entry in column (2) that is not an entry referred to in the AE Code Appendix 6; and

                  (ii)         it is classified as Class 1 in column (3); and

                  (iii)         it satisfies the criteria in any Special Provision in the AE Code Appendix 3 that is applied to it by column (6); and

                  (iv)         it satisfies any criteria applied to it by column (12);

                or

            (b)         it satisfies the tests and criteria in the UNTC for determining if a substance or article is dangerous goods of Class 1; or

            (c)         it satisfies the UNTC Test series 1 for determining if a substance or article has explosive properties and —

                  (i)         is named or described in the ADG Code Appendix A; or

                  (ii)         satisfies the tests and criteria in the UNTC for determining if a substance or article is too dangerous to transport.

        [Regulation 8 amended in Gazette 24 Nov 2009 p. 4737‑8.]