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The purpose of the Explosives Act 1999 (the Act) is to regulate the handling of, and access to, explosives to protect public health and safety, property and the environment. This is achieved by ensuring that explosives are only accessed by persons who hold a security clearance or who are under the direct supervision of a person who holds a security clearance.

Under section 33 of the Act, it is an employer's obligation to ensure that employees that have unsupervised access to explosives, hold a current security clearance.

This register discloses the status of a person's security clearance issued in Queensland under the Act. This information is disclosed by the Chief Inspector as per section 47A of the Explosives Regulation 2017

There are 7 types of results that could be returned in your search. They are:

• Suitable (the person holds a security clearance which is currently valid)
• Expired (the details entered for the search have returned an expired card. An expired card cannot be used to validate a security clearance)
• Cancelled (the details entered for the search have returned a cancelled security clearance. The holder's security clearance is no longer valid)
• Suspended (the details entered for the search have returned a suspended security clearance. The holder's security clearance is not valid at the time of the search)
• Surrendered (the details entered for the search have returned a surrendered security clearance. The holder does not hold a valid security clearance)
• Not valid (the details entered for the search may be incorrect or reference an old or invalid security clearance)
• No record found (the details entered for the search do not match any holder records in the database)​