The Explosives Regulations 2014

Attribution of manufacturing site codes for civil explosives

34.—(1) This regulation applies for the purposes of the attribution of a three digit code (referred to in this regulation as the “code”) to a site where civil explosives are manufactured, which is unique to that site and is a component of the unique identification described in Schedule 6.

(2) For each site within Great Britain at which civil explosives are manufactured—

(a) the manufacturer must apply to the Executive for it to attribute a code for the site; and

(b) the Executive must attribute the code and inform the manufacturer accordingly.

(3) For the purposes of the attribution of a code to a site where civil explosives are manufactured in a country that is not an EEA State(1)—

(a) paragraph (4) applies where the manufacturer is established in an EEA State and the place of import of the civil explosives is Great Britain;

(b) paragraph (5) applies where the manufacturer is not established in an EEA State and the place of import of the civil explosives is Great Britain; and

(c) paragraph (6) applies where the manufacturer is established in Great Britain and the place of import of the civil explosives is either Northern Ireland or an EEA State other than the United Kingdom.

(4) Where this paragraph applies—

(a) in the case where the manufacturer is established in Great Britain—

(i) the manufacturer must apply to the Executive for it to attribute a code for the site where the civil explosives are manufactured; and

(ii) the Executive must attribute the code and inform the manufacturer accordingly; and

(b) in the case where the manufacturer is established in Northern Ireland or an EEA State other than the United Kingdom—

(i) the Executive must attribute a code for the site where the civil explosives are manufactured when it receives a request from the manufacturer to do so; and

(ii) the Executive must inform the manufacturer accordingly.

(5) Where this paragraph applies—

(a) the importer must apply to the Executive for it to attribute a code for the site where the civil explosives are manufactured; and

(b) the Executive must attribute the code and inform the importer accordingly.

(6) Where this paragraph applies, the manufacturer must apply to—

(a) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, where the place of import of the civil explosive is Northern Ireland; or

(b) the national authority of the EEA State of import of the civil explosive,

for that Secretary of State or that national authority, as the case may be, to attribute a code for the site where the civil explosives are manufactured.

(1)

Commission Directive 2008/43/EC of 4th April 2008 (OJ No. L94, 5.4.2008, p.8) applies in relation to the EEA by virtue of Decision No. 119/2010 of 10th November 2010 of the EEA Joint Committee (OJ No. L 58, 3.3.2011, p.76).