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The Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

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Revocation of licences and registration

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16.—(1) Subject to regulation 17, the Secretary of State may revoke a licence or registration—

(a)where it appears to him on information obtained by him after the issue of a certificate of registration that the site at which the explosives are stored is unsuitable for that storage;

(b)where there has been a change in circumstances such that the site or, within it, any place in which explosives are manufactured or stored to which the licence or registration relates is no longer suitable for that manufacture or storage;

(c)where it appears to him on information obtained by him after the grant of the licence or issue of the certificate of registration that the licensee or registered person is not a fit person—

(i)to manufacture explosives, in the case of a person licensed to do so; or

(ii)to store explosives, in the case of a person licensed or registered to do so; or

(d)by agreement with the licensee or registered person.

(2) A person whose licence or registration is revoked shall ensure that—

(a)all explosives are removed from a site as soon as is practicable after revocation of a licence or registration in respect of that site;

(b)those explosives are deposited at a site which is the subject of a licence or registration which permits any storage resulting from that depositing or that suitable arrangements are made for the disposal of those explosives; and

(c)the licence or certificate of registration is returned to the Secretary of State within 28 days of the date from which the revocation takes effect pursuant to regulation 17(4).

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