SCHEDULE AMENDMENTS TO THE MANUFACTURE AND STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2006
3 In regulation 5 (separation distances)—
(a) for paragraph (2), substitute—

“2 Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
(a) desensitised explosives; or
(b) explosives which are stored under a licence granted by the Secretary of State in cases where—
(i) the public hearing procedure was required pursuant to regulation 11(4); or
(ii) that procedure was not required by virtue of regulation 11(5)(d) or (e).”

; and
(b) in paragraph (3)—
(i) for “sub-paragraph (b)”, substitute “sub-paragraphs (b) and (d)”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa) a combined total of 5 kilograms of shooters' powder and model rocket motors;”

;
(iii) after sub-paragraph (d), insert—

“(e) 4 kilograms of explosive kept by a police force for operational purposes other than those referred to in sub-paragraph (d),”

; and
(c) after paragraph (7), insert—

“8 In this regulation, “model rocket motors” means explosive articles which—
(a) are allocated the U.N. nos. 0186, 0272, 0349, 0351 or 0471;
(b) are intended to be used for the propulsion of model rockets or similar articles; and
(c) in respect of each individual explosive article, contain no more than 1 kilogram of explosive.”

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