The Explosives Regulations 2014

[F1 Requirements which must be satisfied before a distributor makes a civil explosive available on the market U.K.

56.— (1) Before making a civil explosive available on the market, the distributor must verify that—

(a) the civil explosive—

(i) bears the CE marking;

(ii) is accompanied by the required documents;

(iii) is accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language which can be easily understood by end-users in the EEA state in which the civil explosive is to be made available;

(b) the manufacturer has complied with the requirements, where applicable, set out in regulation 44 (traceability of certain civil explosives excluded from the scope of regulations 33, 34 and 36) to the extent not already covered by sub-paragraph (a)(ii); and

(c) the importer has complied with the requirements set out in regulation 50 (information identifying importer) to the extent not already covered by sub-paragraph (a)(ii).

(2) In paragraph (1)(a)(ii), “required documents” means the documents that are required to be provided with the civil explosive pursuant to—

(a) regulation 44(2) and (3); and

(b) regulation 50(3).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 13 (regs. 39-77) substituted for Pt. 13 (regs. 39-42) (and therefore original regs. 43, 44 renumbered as new regs. 78, 79, new reg. 80 substituted for original reg. 45 and original regs. 46-49 renumbered as new regs. 81-84) (20.4.2016) by The Explosives Regulations 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/315), regs. 1, 7, 8, 9 (with regs. 2(1), 15)