This Act makes provision for the control of explosives, i.e. (a) substances or articles capable of producing an explosive, incendiary or pyrotechnic effect; (b) substances or articles prescribed by Regulations to be explosives; or (c) containers that have contained a substance or article to which paragraph (a) or (b) applies and have not been certified, in accordance with the Regulations, to be free from explosives. The Act also provides for control of Commonwealth explosives area, i.e. any Commonwealth land declared by the regulations to be an explosives area and, where any such land consists of a part of the bed of the sea, or of a bay, estuary or river, includes the waters above the land. The Act grants regulation-making powers to the Governor-General.
Australia · 1961-10-24