Minimum age limits for persons engaged in the carriage of explosives

14.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) no person under the age of 18 years shall—

(a)use any vehicle for the carriage of explosives;

(b)be employed as the driver or attendant of such a vehicle;

(c)be made responsible for the security of the explosives;

(d)be allowed to go on or in such a vehicle except in the presence and under the supervision of a competent person who is at least 18 years of age.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to carriage of—

(a)any explosives specified in Part I of Schedule 1; or

(b)any explosives specified in Part II of Schedule 1, if the total qauntity of such explosives does not exceed 50 kilograms.