About this form
Relevant explosives authority holders (the holder of a licence or other authority issued under the Explosives Act 1999) are required to provide worker data to Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) to calculate the Mines and Explosives Safety and Health Fee (Mines and Explosives Fee). The data collected is also used for statistical analysis of industry safety and health performance..
- You can complete and submit this form online
- You can save this form and complete it at a later date
- Once started and saved, the form details can be sent to others for their collaboration in completing the form
- Once you have submitted this form, it cannot be re-opened and edited
- To complete section 2 and 3 of this form you will need explosive records such as your sales records or your fireworks logbook.
- An estimation of your quarterly invoice figure will be displayed in Section 4 of this form should your worker numbers in Section 3 exceed five workers. Note: This is only applicable for census periods 30 June 2020 onwards.
Relevant Legislation
The information collected on this form is pursuant to
Section 179C of the Explosives Regulation 2017. Under Section 179C, persons required to complete this form must maintain an accurate record keeping system that enables the accuracy of the information required to be included in the Mines and Explosives Fee census to be verified. Records must be kept securely for seven years.
Requirement to report
Multiple authority holders are to report only on those relevant authorities.
Definitions
Authority holder
An authority holder is the holder (person or corporation) of a licence, permit or other authority issued under the Explosives Act 1999.
Explosive includes:
a) a substance or a thing containing a substance, manufactured or used with a view to produce-
i. a practical effect by explosion or
ii. a pyrotechnic effect and
b) a substance or thing declared under a regulation to be an explosive.
Examples: Ammunition, detonators, gunpowder, nitroglycerine, fireworks, Security Sensitive Ammonium Nitrate (SSAN).
Handling an explosive includes:
- bringing the explosive into the State from another country (import) or sending the explosive from the State to another country (export) and
- manufacture, possess, sell, store, transport or use the explosive.
