The Control of Explosives Regulations 1991

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 1 EXCEPTIONS

Explosives	U.N. no.
ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC for technical purposes	0428
ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC for technical purposes	0429
ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC for technical purposes	0430
ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC for technical purposes	0431
ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC for technical purposes	0432
CARTRIDGES, OIL WELL	0277
CARTRIDGES, OIL WELL	0278
CARTRIDGES, POWER DEVICE	0275
CARTRIDGES, POWER DEVICE	0276
CARTRIDGES, POWER DEVICE	0323
CARTRIDGES, POWER DEVICE	0381
CARTRIDGES, SIGNAL	0054
CARTRIDGES, SIGNAL	0312
CARTRIDGES, SIGNAL	0405
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS	0012
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS	0328
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS	0339
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS, BLANK	0014
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS, BLANK	0327
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS, BLANK	0338
CASES, CARTRIDGE, EMPTY, WITH PRIMER	0055
CASES, CARTRIDGE, EMPTY, WITH PRIMER	0379
CASES, CARTRIDGE, EMPTY, WITHOUT PRIMER	0446
CASES, CARTRIDGE, EMPTY, WITHOUT PRIMER	0447
CORD, IGNITER	0066
CUTTERS, CABLE, EXPLOSIVE	0070
DINITROSOBENZENE	0406
FIREWORKS	0333
FIREWORKS	0334
FIREWORKS	0335
FIREWORKS	0336
FIREWORKS	0337
FLARES, AERIAL	0093
FLARES, AERIAL	0403
FLARES, AERIAL	0404
FLARES, SURFACE	0092
FLASH POWDER	0094
FLASH POWDER	0305
FUSE, INSTANTANEOUS, NON-DETONATING (QUICKMATCH)	0101
FUSE, SAFETY	0105
IGNITERS	0121
IGNITERS	0314
IGNITERS	0315
IGNITERS	0325
IGNITERS	0454
LIGHTERS, FUSE	0131
5-MERCAPTO-TETRAZOL-1-ACETIC ACID	0448
POTASSIUM SALTS OF AROMATIC NITRO-DERIVATIVES, explosive	0158
PRIMERS, CAP TYPE	0044
PRIMERS, CAP TYPE	0377
PRIMERS, CAP TYPE	0378
ROCKETS, LINE THROWING	0238
ROCKETS, LINE THROWING	0240
ROCKETS, LINE THROWING	0453
SIGNAL DEVICES, HAND	0373
SIGNALS, DISTRESS, ship	0194
SIGNALS, RAILWAY TRACK, EXPLOSIVE	0192
SIGNALS, RAILWAY TRACK, EXPLOSIVE	0193
SIGNALS, SMOKE with explosive sound unit	0196
SIGNALS, SMOKE without explosive sound unit	0197
SODIUM DINITRO–O–CRESOLATE, dry or wetted with less than 15% water by mass	0234
SODIUM PICRAMATE, dry or wetted with less than 20% water by mass	0235
TETRAZOL-1-ACETIC ACID	0407
ZIRCONIUM PICRAMATE dry or wetted with less than 20% water by mass	0236

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 2 FORM OF EXPLOSIVES CERTIFICATE

HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ETC. ACT 1974

Regulation 12

SCHEDULE 3 INFORMATION TO BE RECORDED

1.  The record required to be kept by or for a person who acquires explosives shall–

(a) identify the person by whom it is made;

(b) be updated as soon as is reasonably practicable after the event that is to be recorded has taken place;

(c) list under the relevant date and in accordance with paragraph 3 those explosives possession of which has been acquired;

(d) list under the relevant date and in accordance with paragraph 3 those explosives possession of which has ceased and indicate whether they were used, destroyed, lost, or transferred to another person;

(e) give the name and address of the person from whom such explosives were acquired, and the address of the place at which they were used, destroyed or lost, or the name and address of the person to whom they were transferred;

(f) give the total number of explosive articles and the total nominal mass of explosive substances not contained in explosive articles or, in the case of such substances in cartridge form, the total number, held after each entry made under sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of this paragraph.

2.  The record required to be kept by or for a person who keeps explosives shall–

(a) identify the place in respect of which it is made;

(b) list under the relevant date and in accordance with paragraph 3 the incoming and outgoing explosives, including any which have been lost;

(c) give the name and address of the consignor or consignee of the explosives, or indicate that the explosives have been lost;

(d) give the total number of explosive articles and the total nominal mass of explosive substances not contained in explosive articles or, in the case of such substances in cartridge form, the total number, held after each entry made under sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph.

3.—(1) In respect of each type of explosive, other than those mentioned in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, there shall be recorded–

(a) the name;

(b) the number of explosive articles of that type or in the case of explosive substances not contained in explosive articles the unit mass and number of units of explosive substance of each type as appropriate and the total nominal mass of each type of explosive substance or, where it is not reasonably practicable to specify the nominal mass of each type of explosive substance, a reasonably accurate estimate of the nominal mass;

(c) a description which enables each explosive article to be distinguished from every other explosive article which is not identical.

(2) In respect of each type of explosive substance–

(a) in cartridge form, there shall be recorded–

(i) the name;

(ii) the nominal diameter and either the nominal mass or length;

(iii) the number of cartridges;

(b) packaged in bulk without being divided into units, there shall be recorded–

(i) the name;

(ii) the number of outer cases;

(iii) the total nominal mass.

(3) In respect of each type of linear fuse, whether detonating or otherwise, there shall be recorded–

(a) the name;

(b) the number of spools of linear fuse or cord of that type;

(c) the length of fuse or cord, or in the case of partially used spools, a reasonably accurate estimate of the length of fuse or cord.

Regulation 19

SCHEDULE 4

PART I MODIFICATIONS OF THE EXPLOSIVES ACT 1875

The Explosives Act 1875 shall except insofar as it applies to Northern Ireland be modified as follows–

(a) in section 5 for proviso (1) substitute the following proviso–

“(1) To a person keeping gunpowder for his private use (within the meaning of the Control of Explosives Regulations 1991); or”;

(b) in section 40(4) delete the words “for private use and not for sale, or”;

(c) for section 41 substitute the following section–

“41.   Exception of safety cartridges

Nothing in this Act shall apply to the filling or conveying for private use and not for sale of any safety cartridges to the amount allowed by the Control of Explosives Regulations 1991 to be kept for private use within the meaning of those Regulations.”;

(d) in section 50 delete from the first paragraph the words “percussion caps, or safety fuzes for blasting, or”.

PART II REVOCATIONS

Instruments revoked	References	Extent of revocation
Order in Council (No.6A) amending Order in Council (No. 6 of the 27th day of November 1875, realting to Stores licensed for Mixed Explosives.	20th April 1883 (Rev. VII, p. 34) amending 27th November 1875 (Rev. VII, p. 26).	The whole Order except articles (1) and (3)(b) and (d).
Order in Council (No. 12 to replace No. 8) relating to the keeping of Explosives for Private Use and not for Sale.	20th April 1883 (Rev. VII, p. 43).	The whole Order.
Order in Council (No. 13) relating to the exemption of Small Arm Nitro-compounds from the Restrictions imposed in Orders in Council, Nos. 6A, 7A and 12	24th September 1886 (Rev. VII, p. 46).	The whole Order.
Order in Council (No. 16) repealing and consolidating the previous Orders relating to Premises registered for Mixed Explosives.	S.R. & O. 1896/964.	Part III.
Order in Council (No. 28) (The Sale of Explosives Order 1928).	S.R. & O. 1928/245.	The whole Order.
The Control of Explosives Order 1953.	S.I. 1953/1598.	The whole Order.
The Control ofExplosives Order 1954	S.I. 1954/757.	The whole Order.
The Explosives Acts 1875 and 1923 etc. (Repeals and Modifications) Regulations 1974.	S.I. 1974/1885.	Regulation 3(1), so far as modifying Order in Council (No. 28) and S.I. 1953/1598.
The Explosives Act 1875 etc. (Metrication and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 1984.	S.I. 1984/510.	Regulation 2 and Schedule 1, so far as amending Order in Council (No. 12 to replace No. 8), Order in Council (No. 28) and S.I. 1953/1598.