Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power to grant exemption from provisions of Pt. I (except ss. 30–32) and Pt. II conferred by S.I. 1979/1378, art. 2
The manufacture of gunpowder shall not, nor shall any process of such manufacture, be carried on except at a factory for gunpowder either lawfully existing or licensed for the same under this Act.
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the making of a small quantity of gunpowder for the purpose of chemical experiment and not for practical use or for sale.
If any person manufactures gunpowder or carries on any process of such manufacture at any place at which he is not allowed by this section so to do, he shall be deemed to manufacture gunpowder at an unauthorised place.
[F1Where gunpowder is manufactured at an unauthorised place, the person so manufacturing shall be guilty of an offence.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by S.I. 1974/1885, Sch. 2 para. 1