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DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE, 1956.
(No. 38 of 1956).
DANGEROUS GOODS (AMENDment) REGULATIONS, 1962.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1956, the Governor in Council has made the follow- ing regulations-
1. These regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Goods Citation (Amendment) Regulations, 1962, and shall come into operation on the and cond | 1st day of January, 1963.
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mencement.
tion 2.
236/40).
Regulation 2 of the Dangerous Goods Regulations, 1940 Amendment (hereinafter referred to as the principal regulations) is amended by the of regula deletion of the definition "Licensing Authority" and the substitution (GN. therefor of the following-
“Licensing Authority" means, in relation to dangerous goods of
(4) Category 1, Class 7 (fireworks) and Categories 2 to 9
inclusive, the Director of Fire Services; and
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(b) Category 1, Classes 1 to 6 inclusive (explosives other than
fireworks), the Commissioner of Mines;",
Regulation 19 of the principal regulations is amended in Amendment paragraph (1) by the insertion, after the words "by the Licensing of regula- Authority", of the following-
tíon 19..
"upon payment of a fee of five dollars".
Clerk of Councils,
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COUNCIL CHAMBER,
18th December, 1962.
Explanatory Note.
(This Nore is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport),
The effect of these regulations is to transfer control over explosives, other than fireworks. from the Director of Fire Services to the Commissioner of Mines, with effect from the 1st January, 1963, and to authorize the Commissioner of Mines to charge a fee of five dollars for the issue of explosives removal petits,
(Secretariat GR11/3231/510)