Section 20: Issue of blasting certificates
consolidated text (as at 1998). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
20. Issue of blasting certificates
(1) Applications for a blasting certificate shall be made to the Permanent
Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the subject of public infrastructure.
(2) No blasting certificate shall be granted or renewed unless the Permanent Secretary is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to be
in charge of explosives and competent to conduct blasting operations.
(3) (a) Every blasting certificate shall be in the prescribed form and shall
specify the nature of the work upon which the holder may engage in connection with explosives.
(b) A blasting certificate may be restricted to a particular area, location or piece of work.
(4) Blasting certificates shall be valid, and may be renewed, for such
periods as the Permanent Secretary may decide.
(5) Every person to whom a blasting certificate is granted shall forthwith
sign it with his usual signature.
(6) The Permanent Secretary may for good and sufficient reason revoke
or suspend any blasting certificate.