PART IIILICENSING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Registration in relation to storageI113
1
Subject to paragraph (5), a person who wishes to store within one site at any one time no more than—
a
30 kilograms of explosives of any hazard type;
b
100 kilograms of Hazard Type 3 explosives;
c
100 kilograms of a combination of Hazard Type 3 explosives with explosives of Hazard Type 4;
d
250 kilograms of Hazard Type 4 explosives; or
e
250 kilograms of small arms ammunition and percussion caps and 30 kilograms of shooters' powder,
may apply to the Secretary of State on a form approved for the purpose of this regulation by him to be registered in respect of that storage.
2
The Secretary of State shall register the applicant unless any of the grounds for refusing to do so referred to in regulation 14 apply.
3
Where the Secretary of State registers an applicant, he shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration, in a form approved for the purpose of this regulation by him.
4
A registration, including the renewal of a registration, may be issued for such period not exceeding 3 years as the Secretary of State determines.
5
For the purpose of paragraph (1), no more than one of the exceptions listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph (1) shall apply to explosives stored at the same site at the same time, irrespective of the person who is storing them.
6
Where the registration relates to the storage of Hazard Type 4 pyrotechnic articles which are to be offered for sale at the site, the quantity of those pyrotechnic articles which may be kept for any period of time in a sales area at that site shall be restricted to the quantity determined in accordance with Schedule 3 and for these purposes and those of Schedule 3, “sales area” means an area where Hazard Type 4 pyrotechnic articles are sold and to which any person who is not an employee of the person who is registered in respect of the storage of those pyrotechnic articles has access.
7
An application for registration may not be made in respect of the storage of explosives at a site at which the manufacture of explosives also takes place or is to take place except if a licence to manufacture explosives is not required by virtue of regulation 9(2).
8
The quantities referred to in paragraph (1) are the maximum quantities of explosives or explosive articles to which they respectively relate which may be present at a site at any one time.