SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS 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..