Australian Capital Territory

Dangerous Substances (Explosives) Importing Explosives Declaration 2008 (No 1)

Disallowable Instrument DI2008- 27

made under the 

Dangerous Substances (Explosives) Regulation 2004, Section 91(2)(f) (Explosives for which no import licence required)

Explanatory Statement

The Dangerous Substances Act 2004 (the Act) establishes a modern duty-based framework for the regulation of dangerous goods and hazardous substances in the ACT.  Supporting the Act are sets of subordinate laws including the Dangerous Substances (Explosives) Regulation 2004 (the Explosives Regulation) that deals specifically with the manufacture, import, carrying, possession and use of forms of explosives, including fireworks.

Part 2.5 of the Explosives Regulation concerns the importing of explosives. Under section 91(2)(f) the Minister has the power to declare, in writing, that an authorised explosive is an explosive for which no import licence is required under section 90.

A declaration under section 91(2)(f) of the Explosives Regulation is a disallowable instrument.

As there are currently no suppliers in the ACT of propellant powders within the Australian Explosives Code 1.3C class, or primer caps within the Australian Explosives Code 1.4S class, this instrument allows a person to import these explosives without a licence. This is conditional on the importer holding a licence under the Firearms Act 1996, and that they are being imported for personal use.

The importer must keep a written record of the amount of propellant powder and/or primer caps brought into the ACT, the amount used and any amount exported from the ACT.

The importer may not import more than 10kg of propellant powder and/or 5000 primer caps in any one import.