18.—(1) The driver and any attendant of a vehicle, which is being used for the carriage of explosives shall ensure that the Transport Documentation is—
(a)subject to paragraph (4), kept readily available on the vehicle at all times while the explosives are being carried; and
(b)produced on request to any constable or vehicle examiner.
(2) Where a trailer, which is being used for the carriage of explosives, becomes detached from the motor vehicle—
(a)(i)the driver of the vehicle shall give the Transport Documentation (or an authenticated copy of it) to the occupier of any premises on which the trailer is parked, and
(ii)in such a case, the occupier shall ensure that such documentation is kept readily available at those premises; or
(b)the driver of the vehicle shall attach the Transport Documentation (or an authenticated copy of it) to the trailer in a readily visible position.
(3) The driver of a vehicle, which has been used for the carriage of explosives, shall ensure that any documentation relating solely to explosives, which are not then being carried, is either removed from the vehicle or placed in a securely closed container, clearly marked to show that it does not relate to any explosives which are being carried.
(4) Nothing in paragraph (1)(a) shall prevent the removal of the Transport Documentation from the vehicle for the purpose of showing it or otherwise communicating it to a constable, a member of the fire brigade or a vehicle examiner.