The Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations 1996

Duration of carriage and delivery

27.—(1) The operator and the driver of a vehicle which is being used for the carriage of explosives shall ensure—

(a) that the carriage is completed within a reasonable length of time having regard to the distance involved;

(b) that the explosives are delivered to—

(i) the consignee or his agent, or

(ii) any other person who is authorised by the consignee to accept custody of the explosives for onward despatch, provided that they are delivered to either a safe and secure place (within the meaning of regulation 20(5)) or a designated parking area in an airport, a railway transhipment depot or siding, a harbour or a harbour area,

and, that if they cannot be so delivered, they are returned to the consignor or his agent; and

(c) that any trailer, semi-trailer or container containing explosives is not detached from the vehicle except—

(i) in either a safe and secure place (within the meaning of regulation 20(5)) or a designated parking area in an airport, a railway transhipment depot or siding, a harbour or a harbour area, or

(ii) in an emergency.

(2) The operator, driver and any attendant of a vehicle which is being used for the carriage of explosives shall ensure that any explosives intended to be delivered to a particular place are unloaded from the vehicle as soon as is reasonably practicable after it arrives at that place.

(3) In this regulation—

(a) “harbour” and “harbour area” have the meanings assigned to them in regulation 2(1) of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987(1);

(b) “designated parking area” means—

(i) in relation to an airport or railway transhipment depot or siding, an area allocated by the occupier as an area for parking vehicles carrying explosives,

(ii) in relation to a harbour or harbour area, a parking area designated for the purposes of regulation 32 of the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987.

(4) The operator of a vehicle used for the carriage of explosives shall not remove any explosives from the consignor’s premises unless he is ready immediately to despatch them to the consignee or other person referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(ii).

(1)

S.I. 1979/1378.