Explosives Regulation Amendment (Exemptions) Regulation 2022
The Explosives Amendment (Exemptions) Regulation 2022 makes several amendments to the Explosives Regulation 2013.
The amendments exempt transport operators and persons working for transport operators who are transporting small arms ammunition, and percussion caps used in small arms ammunition, from licensing and security clearance requirements.
These persons are exempt from requirements to hold a security clearance and a licence to transport. They are also exempt from requirements to hold a security clearance to have unsupervised access to explosives. The exemptions apply to all stages of the transport journey, including any storage that is part of this journey.
Transport workers that are exempted from requirements to hold a security clearance or licence to transport are still required to report any loss, theft, suspicious incidents and serious incidents relating to explosives to the relevant authority.
Percussion caps are also now defined as articles of Classification Code 1.4S under the United Nations Model Regulations for Transport of Dangerous Goods 21st Edition, and which serve as igniting elements in small arms ammunition, consisting of a metal or plastics cap containing a small amount of primary explosive mixture.