N.J.S. § 21:1A-134 Investigation of Applicant; Permit Issued, Subject to Amendment; Information Furnished; Qualifications; Expiration; Fees

• Library: New Jersey Permanent Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through L. 2023, c. 118.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.J.S. § 21:1A-134

Upon receipt of an application for a permit to manufacture, store, sell, transport or use explosives, and before the permit is issued, the commissioner shall make or cause to be made an investigation for the purpose of ascertaining if all applicable requirements of this act have been met. The commissioner shall not issue a permit to manufacture, sell, store, transport or use explosives unless all the requirements of this act have been met. All permits issued in accordance with the provisions of this act shall be subject to any amendments hereafter made to this act.

A. An applicant for a permit shall, at his own expense, furnish whatever pertinent information the commissioner may require in addition to that specified herein. Application forms shall be furnished by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

B. An applicant for a permit to manufacture, sell, transport, store or use explosives must:

(a) be at least 21 years of age;

(b) have a reasonable understanding of the English language;

(c) present satisfactory evidence of experience in the manufacture, sale, transportation, storage or use of explosives;

(d) demonstrate by written, oral or field examination, as the commissioner may direct, adequate knowledge of the safe manufacture, sale, transportation, storage or use of explosives and of the provisions of this act; and

(e) be of good moral character and must never have been disloyal to the United States; and

it shall be within the sole discretion of the commissioner to determine whether an applicant who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude has the good moral character necessary for a permit. It shall also be within the reasonable discretion of the commissioner to deny the issuance of a permit where he concludes, after a full examination of the qualifications of an applicant, that to grant a permit would be dangerous to the health, safety and welfare of the people of the State of New Jersey. The failure of a holder of a permit to maintain the qualifications stated herein shall be good cause for the revocation of the permit.

C. When the applicant for a permit to manufacture, sell, transport, store or use explosives is a firm, association or corporation, the applicant must demonstrate that such activities with regard to explosives will be under the direct supervision of a person who meets the qualifications stated above.