The Reporting of Injuries and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
40.—(1) The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995(1) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 2 (dangerous occurrences) —
(a)in Part I (general) —
(i)for sub-paragraph (1)(a) of paragraph 6, substitute —
“(a)any unintentional fire, explosion or ignition at a site —
(i)where explosives are manufactured by a person who holds a licence, or who does not hold a licence but is required to, in respect of that manufacture under the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005; or
(ii)where explosives are stored by a person who holds a licence or is registered, or who is not licensed but is required to be in the absence of any registration, in respect of that storage under those Regulations;
(aa)the unintentional explosion or ignition of explosives at a place other than a site described in sub-paragraph (1)(a), not being one —
(i)caused by the unintentional discharge of a weapon where, apart from that unintentional discharge, the weapon and explosives functioned as they were designed to do; or
(ii)where a fail-safe device or safe system of work functioned so as to prevent any person from being injured in consequence of the explosion or ignition;”;
(ii)at the end of paragraph 6(1)(e), insert “or from any intentional fire or ignition”; and
(iii)for paragraph 6(2), substitute —
“(2) In this paragraph —
“danger zone” means the area from which persons have been excluded or forbidden to enter to avoid being endangered by any explosion or ignition of explosives; and
“explosives” has the same meaning as in the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005.”.
(3) In Schedule 7 (enactments or instruments requiring the notification of events which are not required to be notified or reported under the Regulations), omit the entry relating to the Explosives Act 1875.
S.I.1995/3163, amended by S.I.1996/2092; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.