Clause 20

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (g) of subsection (1), the following paragraph:“(ga)to regulate or prohibit, except under or in accordance with the conditions of a licence, the manufacture, dealing in, use, storage, transportation, importation, exportation, possession and purchase of explosive precursors;”;

by deleting sub-paragraph (i) of subsection (1)(r) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:“(i)to enter, inspect and examine any place, carriage, vessel or aircraft in which an explosive or explosive precursor is being manufactured, possessed, stored or kept, used, dealt in, transported, imported or exported under a licence issued under this Act, or in which he has reason to believe that an explosive or explosive precursor has been or is being manufactured, possessed, stored or kept, used, dealt in, transported, imported or exported in contravention of this Act;”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “explosives” in subsection (1)(r)(ii), the words “or explosive precursors”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “explosive” in subsection (1)(r)(iii) and (iv), the words “or explosive precursor”; and

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) The Minister may, in making any rules —

provide that a contravention of any specified provision thereof shall be an offence; and

provide for penalties not exceeding a fine of $100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both for each offence and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty not exceeding a fine of $10,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues.”.