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Explosives Amendment Bill 2023
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Introduced by: The Hon Sophie Cotsis MP (ALP); The Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Scott Farlow LIB
“I lead for the Coalition in debate on the Explosives Amendment Bill 2023 and confirm the Coalition will support the reforms that implement the recommendations from the Coalition’s 2019 statutory review of the Explosives Act. These are sensible reforms that keep the law responsive and relevant as we endeavour to maintain world-class work health and safety.”
Bob Nanva ALP
“I am pleased to support the Explosives Amendment Bill 2023. The Explosives Act regulates the control and handling of explosives and explosive precursors in New South Wales. Explosive precursors are chemicals and other materials that can be processed to make an explosive. The Act aims to protect workers, the public and property from harms that may arise from illegal or unsafe use of explosives.”
Mark Buttigieg ALP
“The Government is committed to implementing the recommendation of the statutory review of the Explosives Act 2003. The bill finalises recommendations from the 2019 statutory review of the Act and strengthens the regulatory regime through a number of administrative measures.”
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Explosives Amendment Bill 2023
Ms SOPHIE COTSIS, Minister for Industrial Relations — 2023-08-23
The amendments in this bill insert and clarify the definition of "supply" within the Act to clarify that the definition covers circumstances where supply occurs without money being exchanged; establish a process that allows the regulatory authority to use certificate evidence and samples of evidence of proceedings under the Act where the regulatory authority has chosen to destroy the bulk of the forfeited explosives which are the subject of the prosecution; transfer key elements of the regulatory regime from the regulation to the Act to appropriately structure delegations within the legislation and ensure that key elements of the regulatory regime are empowered under the Act; establish powers for the disposal and destruction of unwanted and unusable explosives; and clarify authorisations for New South Wales police officers under the Act.