PART IIENTRY OF EXPLOSIVES INTO HARBOUR AREAS
Applications for explosives licences7.
(1)
An application for an explosives licence or for any alteration in the terms of an existing explosives licence shall be made to the Secretary of State and the applicant shall be—
(a)
in a case to which regulation 6(a) and (b) relates, the harbour authority or, if he informs the harbour authority of his intention, a berth operator; or
(b)
in a case to which regulation 6(c) relates, a person having an interest in the activities for which the licence is required,
and in either case the application shall be made in accordance with the procedure specified in Schedule 6 unless the Secretary of State otherwise agrees.
(2)
The Secretary of State may make a charge for work carried out in connection with an application for an explosives licence or for any alteration in the terms of an existing licence of £254 plus £34 for each man-hour expended (excluding time spent in travelling and any typing, messenger or ancillary work) and that charge shall be payable by the applicant prior to the issue of the decision.