The Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations 1996

General application

3.—(1) These Regulations shall apply to and in relation to the carriage of explosives.

(2) Regulations 10 to 28 shall not apply to the carriage of explosives in a vehicle being used to carry passengers for hire or reward.

(3) Regulations 15 to 18 shall not apply where—

(a) the vehicle carrying the explosives has been exempted from excise duty by the Secretary of State under paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(1);

(b) the vehicle carrying the explosives is one which is only used—

(i) on roads for delivering goods between private premises and a vehicle in the immediate vicinity of those premises, or

(ii) in passing from one part of such premises to another in the immediate vicinity, notwithstanding that those parts may be separated by a road.

(4) Regulations 17(2) to (4) and 18 shall not apply to the carriage of—

(a) any explosives specified in Part I of Schedule 1;

(b) gunpowder or smokeless powder, or a mixture of them, if the total quantity of such explosives does not exceed 5 kilograms;

(c) any explosives specified in Parts II or III of Schedule 1 if—

(i) throughout the carriage the explosives are accompanied by a person who has knowledge of the information specified in the Transport Documentation, and

(ii) the quantity of such explosives does not exceed 50 kilograms, except that if other explosives are being carried pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) above in the same vehicle, the total quantity of explosives carried pursuant to that sub-paragraph and this sub-paragraph shall not exceed 50 kilograms.

(5) These Regulations shall not apply to any explosive nuclear device.

(6) These Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to the carriage of any of the following dangerous goods—

• UN 2900 INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, AFFECTING ANIMALS* only

• UN 3077 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S.*

• UN 3082 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S.*

• UN 3245 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS,

• where the goods or explosives, as the case may be, are being carried in—

  (a)

  an agricultural or forestry tractor;

  (b)

  mobile machinery;

  (c)

  a vehicle with less than 4 wheels;

  (d)

  a vehicle with a maximum design speed of 25km/h or less; or

  (e)

  a vehicle owned by the armed forces or under the control of the armed forces.

(1)

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