Application
3.—(1) These regulations shall apply to or in relation to the carriage of explosives by road.
(2) Regulations 6 to 14 shall not apply to the carriage of explosives in a vehicle being used to carry passengers for hire or reward.
(3) Regulations 4(1), 6 to 10 and 11(2) to 14 shall not apply to carriage by members, acting in the course of their duties, of—
(a)Her Majesty’s forces;
(b)visiting forces within the meaning of any of the provisions of Part I of the Visiting Forces Act 1952(1);
(c)any headquarters or organisation designated for the purposes of the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964(2).
(4) Regulations 4, 6 to 10 and 11(2) to 14 shall not apply to carriage for the purposes of explosive ordnance disposal (other than in connection with dumping at sea) under the direction of a member of Her Majesty’s forces, a member of the police force, or a person authorised by the Secretary of State.
(5) Regulations 8, 9 and l0 shall not apply where—
(a)the vehicle carrying the explosives has been exempted from excise duty by the Secretary of State under section 7(1) of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971(3); or
(b)the vehicle carrying the explosives is one which is only used on roads for delivering goods between private premises and a vehicle in the immediate vicinity of those premises or in passing from one part of such premises to another in the immediate vicinity.
(6) Except for regulations 11 and 13, these regulations shall not apply where—
(a)the vehicle carrying the explosives is engaged in an international transport operation within the meaning of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF)(4) as revised or re-issued from time to time; and
(b)such carriage conforms in every respect to the provisions of the Uniform Rules concerning the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM) which forms Appendix B to that Convention and to the regulations (RID) made thereunder.
(7) These regulations shall not apply to any explosive nuclear device or any component thereof.