Regulation 11A
Transportation, storage and use of fireworks in Central Water Catchment Area, Catchment Area Park or waterway
of Public Utilities (Reservoirs, Catchment Areas and Waterway) Regulations 2006
Subregulation 1
A person must not transport, store or use any fireworks in the Central Water Catchment Area, in a Catchment Area Park or in a waterway except under and in accordance with a valid approval granted by an authorised officer and any condition imposed in connection with the approval.
Subregulation 2
Every application for an approval must —
be in the form and manner determined by the Board; and
be accompanied by a plan specifying the manner in which the fireworks are intended to be transported, stored or used.
Subregulation 3
In considering whether to grant an approval under paragraph (1), the authorised officer must consider the risk of all of the following:
any harm to the safety, health or wellbeing of persons in or around the Central Water Catchment Area, Catchment Area Park or waterway;
any damage to any structure or other property in or around the Central Water Catchment Area, Catchment Area Park or waterway;
any pollution to the water in the Central Water Catchment Area, Catchment Area Park or waterway.
Subregulation 4
An approval holder must —
use the fireworks in a fireworks display session in the manner specified in the plan submitted under paragraph (2)(b); and
after a fireworks display session, recover —
all casings and shells, or parts thereof; and
all debris,from the fireworks that were used during the session, and properly dispose of the same —
within the time specified by the authorised officer in the approval, or any further time that the authorised officer may allow; and
in accordance with the directions of the authorised officer.
Subregulation 5
The conditions imposed under paragraph (1) may include a requirement that, after a fireworks display session, the approval holder must submit a written report to the authorised officer within 7 days after the day on which the session concluded on the amount of fireworks used and the amount of fireworks undischarged or unspent.
Subregulation 6
An authorised officer may at any time add to, cancel or vary any of the conditions of the approval that he thinks fit.
Subregulation 7
If an approval holder fails to comply with —
a condition imposed on the approval; or
paragraph (4)(b) in respect of sub-paragraph (iii) or (iv),an authorised officer may direct the approval holder to rectify the non-compliance within the time specified in the direction, or any further time that the authorised officer may allow.
Subregulation 8
If the approval holder fails to comply with a direction under paragraph (7), the authorised officer may do all or any of the following:
revoke the approval granted under paragraph (1);
where a permit under regulation 15(1) has been granted in connection with the use of the fireworks — revoke the permit granted under that regulation;
where an approval under regulation 24(1) has been granted in connection with the use of the fireworks — revoke the approval granted under that regulation.
Subregulation 9
If a person transports, stores or uses any fireworks in the Central Water Catchment Area, a Catchment Area Park or a waterway without obtaining an approval to do so from an authorised officer, the authorised officer may do either or both of the following:
where a permit under regulation 15(1) has been granted in connection with the use of the fireworks — revoke the permit granted under that regulation;
where an approval under regulation 24(1) has been granted in connection with the use of the fireworks — revoke the approval granted under that regulation.
Subregulation 10
In this regulation, “approval holder” means a person to whom an approval has been granted under paragraph (1).