Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
demolition blasting means the demolition of any
structure, building, installation, foundation, machinery or equipment by the
use of explosives on such a scale or in such a location that there may be a
risk of injury to persons in the process of, or consequential to, that work.
(2) If demolition
blasting is undertaken at a mine, each person involved in that blasting must
use explosives, adopt charging and firing practices, and take precautions in
accordance with the relevant procedure.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(3) The manager of a
mine must notify the district inspector of any demolition blasting that is to
be undertaken at the mine.
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
(4)
Subregulation (3) does not apply to small scale or localized demolition
blasting.
(5) The district
inspector may specify additional precautions that are to be taken when the
blasting referred to in subregulation (3) is undertaken.
(6) A person involved
in demolition blasting at a mine must take any additional precautions
specified by the district inspector under subregulation (5).
Penalty: See regulation 17.1.
[Division 3 (r. 8.57‑8.60) deleted in Gazette 29 Feb 2008
p. 691.]