Permit required to
move
explosives.
Issue of removal permits by
The Authority. First Schedule, Form 1.
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Conveyance of explosives.
4. No person shall move or cause or permit to be moved any explosives by land or water in the Colony except under and in accord ance with a removal permit issued by the Authority under regulation 5.
5. (1) The Authority may issue permits for the removal of explosives.
(2) Any such permit shall be in the form prescribed as Form | in the First Schedule and shall specify the nature and quantity of explosives permitted to be moved, and the place or vessel from and to which and the route by which the explosives are permitted to be moved.
(3) Any such permit shall be valid only for the period statel thereon.
(4) An application for a removal permit under this regulation Mall be made in the appropriate space provided in the form prescribed as Form 1 in the First Schedule.
6. Any person to whom a removal permit is issued under regula- permits to be tion 5 shall within forty-eight hours of the expiry of such permit, retur the Authority. Such permit to the Authority.
returned to
Permit
required to purchase explosives.
Issue of purchase permits by ibe Authority.
No vehicle to carry more than four hundred pounds of explosives.
7. (1) No person shall purchase any explosives except under and in accordance with a purchase permit issued by the Authority under regulation 8.
(2) No person shall sell any explosives except upon delivery to him of a purchase permit issued by the Authority under regulation I. authorizing the purchase of such explosives.
8. (1) The Authority may issue permits for the purchase of explosives.
(2) Any such permit shall be in such form as the Authorky may prescribe and shall specify the nature and quantity of explosives per- mitted to be purchased.
9. No vehicle shall carry more than four hundred pounds of explosives in weight at any one time:
Provided that any vehicle may carry detonators, electric or other- wise, not exceeding two thousand in mumber together with other ex- plosives, not exceeding four hundred pounds in weight, if the detonators are separated from the other explosives by a barrier of bags of sand or other inert material, extending to a height not less than that of the loaded explosives.
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10. No explosives other than safely cartridges and cartridges for Explosives small arms shall be carried in any tramcar. omnibus, taxi or other not permitted
in public public vehicle.
vehicles.
11. Any vehicle carrying explosives shall prominently display & Vehicl red flag of a size not less than one foot by nine inches.
Storage of explosives.
12. In regulations 13 to 35 inclusive and 86–
"Mode A store" means a store which is either-
(a) a building detached from any other building or structure not forming part of the store, and substantially constructed of brick, stone, reinforced concrete or concrete conforming to such design as may be approved by the Authority, or (b) an excavation formed in solid rock, earth or mine refuse not hable to ignite and not opening into, from or out of any mine, quarry, tunnel or underground place which is used for the carrying on of any work or for the employment of any person;
"Mode B store” means a store which is either-
(a) a securely constructed fireproof safe, or
(b) a substantial receptacle capable of being locked, such as a trunk, box, cupboard or drawer, made of wood or of japanned or tinned iron or steel, and permanently kept within a building which is substantially constructed of fire-resisting materials; "store" when used as a noun means a place which is used for the storage
of explosives.
carrying explosives to display a red Big.
Interpreta- tion.
13. No class V explosives (fulminates) shall be stored at any place Fulminates ather than the Government explosives depot at Green Island.
to be stored only in an cxplosives depot.
14. Subject to regulation 75 no explosives shall be stored at any Explosives in place other than a Mode A store or the Government explosives depot seal to be at Green Island:
Provided that safety cartridges and cartridges for small arms (class VI explosives) not exceeding two hundred thousand rounds in all, or fireworks not exceeding four hundred pounds in weight in all may be stored in a Mode B store.
stored in a Mode A store.
15. (1) Any Mode A store shall be fitted with smooth wooden Interior Looring, and with an internal door of wood and an external door of fittings in steel.
Mode A
stores.