C1Part I.—Law relating to Gunpowder
Supplemental Provisions
24 Explanation as to quantities of gunpowder allowed in buildings.
Where any provision of this Act limits the quantity of gunpowder or ingredients of gunpowder to be allowed in any building at any one time, all gunpowder and ingredients within the radius of F1twenty metres from the building and in course either of removal from the building, or of removal to the building for the supply and work thereof, shall be deemed to be in the building:
Provided that, if while the gunpowder or ingredients so in course of removal are within the radius, every machine and manufacturing process in the building is wholly stopped, there may, in addition to the quantity so allowed as aforesaid to be in the building, be within the radius a further quantity of gunpowder and ingredients so in course of removal as aforesaid, not exceeding the quantity specified in that behalf in the license, or in the case of an existing building in a lawfully existing factory for gunpowder F1500 kilograms , or any less quantity so allowed as aforesaid to be in the building.
Where any provision of this Act limits the quantity of gunpowder or ingredients of gunpowder to be allowed in any machine at any one time, but does not limit the quantity to be in the building containing such machine, the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply, so far as circumstances admit, as if such machine were a building.
Where the quantity allowed to be in any building is limited to what is required for the immediate supply and work of such building, or by words not specifying the exact quantity, F2an inspector appointed by the Health and Safety Executive under section 19 of the M1Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 who considers that the quantity in any such building is in excess, may, after hearing the explanation of the occupier, require the occupier to diminish such quantity to the maximum named in the requisition.
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The exact quantity to be allowed in such building shall be determined by the requisition, or if the matter is referred to arbitration, by the award.
Power to grant exemption from provisions of Pt. I (except ss. 30–32) and Pt. II conferred by S.I. 1979/1378, art. 2