Explosives Regulations 2014
UK | Active Under Review
The main changes to the regulatory framework include:
merging registrations into the licensing system
allowing local authorities to issue licences up to 5 years, aligning them with equivalent HSE/police-issued licences
extending licensing to address storage of ammonium nitrate blasting intermediate (ANBI)
exceptions for keeping higher hazard and desensitised explosives without a licence have been updated
tables of separation distances have been restructured to better allow for sites with more than one store; the tables have also been revised to cover quantities of explosives greater than 2000kg
a revised list of explosives that can be acquired or acquired and kept without an explosives certificate from the police
the repeal of the Fireworks Act 1951, as its remaining provisions have been superseded by the Pyrotechnic (Safety) Regulations 2010
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