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The Ammonium Nitrate Materials (High Nitrogen Content) Safety Regulations 2003
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Import of relevant ammonium nitrate materialE+W+S
4.—(1) Relevant ammonium nitrate material, subject to regulation 10, shall not be imported into Great Britain F1... unless it is accompanied by a detonation resistance certificate relating to a sample certified as being a representative sample by a sampling body for each batch or part batch.
(2) Relevant ammonium nitrate material shall not be imported into Great Britain F2... unless—
F3(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)[F4a] detonation resistance certificate has been issued following a detonation resistance test which has been carried out either—
(i)not more than 60 days before the arrival of the material in Great Britain, or
(ii)not more than 60 + x days before the material arrives in Great Britain where x represents an excess caused by circumstances beyond the control of the importer; and
(d)the importer has sent or caused to be sent, not later than five days before the anticipated date of arrival of the material into Great Britain—
(i)a detonation resistance certificate for each batch that is being imported, and
(ii)an identification document completed by him relating to the imported material, to the Secretary of State [F5, whether by post or by electronic means].
(3) Relevant ammonium nitrate material shall not be imported into Great Britain unless each batch of relevant ammonium nitrate material imported is kept separate and each detonation resistance certificate clearly identifies the batch to which it relates.
(4) No person shall import relevant ammonium nitrate material into Great Britain otherwise than in accordance with the preceding provisions of this regulation.
(5) A person who imports relevant ammonium nitrate material into Great Britain must keep for a period of two years after the date of import of any batch a record of the details of that batch or part batch, and—
(a)F6... an identification document covering it and a detonation resistance certificate relating to it; F7...
F7(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 4(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/601), regs. 1(2), 9(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in reg. 4(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/601), regs. 1(2), 9(3)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Reg. 4(2)(a)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/601), regs. 1(2), 9(3)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Word in reg. 4(2)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/601), regs. 1(2), 9(3)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in reg. 4(2)(d)(ii) substituted (12.3.2019) by The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/306), regs. 1(2), 2(5)
F6Words in reg. 4(5)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/601), regs. 1(2), 9(3)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Reg. 4(5)(b) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/601), regs. 1(2), 9(3)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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