PART 3CONTROL OF MAJOR HAZARDS

Explosives

RulesI131

Rules required by regulation 12 shall include—

a

requirements relating to shotfiring operations;

b

procedures for appointing shotfirers;

c

procedures for authorising other persons who will be involved with the transport, storage, handling and use of explosives;

d

requirements relating to misfires; and

e

in mines in which places have been classified as hazardous under regulation 7(1) of DSEAR, requirements relating to testing for the presence of flammable gases before any shot is fired.