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The manufacture, storage, transport, importation into Great
Britain and sale of explosives are governed by the Explosives
Acts, 1875 and 1923, and by Ordera made thereunder.
In the first place, no explosive may be manufactured, kept,
or imported until samples have been examined by the Chemical
Advisers to the Home Office and have passed the necessary tests.
The explosive then becomes authorised and is allowed for
manufacture, atorage, sale, eto. The various classes into
which explosives are divided are given in Orders in Council
Nos. 1, 1A and 1B.
Manufacture of Explosives may only be carried out in a
factory licensed for the purpose by the Home Secretary, as set
forth in sections 6 to 8 of the Aot. In these Licences each
building of each factory is appropriated to certain operations;
the quantity of explosive allowed in each building is specified
and depends upon the distances observed between any individual
building and neighbouring buildings within the factory, as well
as places, such as dwellings, roads, eto, outside the factory.
The number of workpersons allowed depends upon the danger of the
particular operation to be carried on.
Explosives may only be stored in magazines licensed by the
Home Secretary or in explosive stores licensed by local
authorities. The quantities of explosive which may be kept in
magazines are limited only by the terms of the licence and would
depend upon the distances which the magazine oan observe from
"protected works", such as dwelling houses, public roads, railways, eto. On the other hand, the licences granted by local
authorities are limited strictly to a maximum of 4,000 lbs. of
gunpowder or 2,000 lbs. of high explosive.
(See Orders in
Council Nos. 3, 6, 6A, 6B, 60, 6D). In addition, small
quantities of explosives may be kept in shops, such as gunmakers,
for retail trade.
The conditions for these are given in Orders
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