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Regulation 74

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Explosives and Explosive Precursors) Regulations 2025

Regulation 74

Separation of explosives during carriage by road

Subregulation 1

Subject to paragraph (3), a holder of an explosives transport licence to convey any consignment of explosives by road must take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that —

(a)

explosives in different compatibility groups are not carried together unless —

(i)

their carriage is permitted under the ADR; or

(ii)

if the ADR is not applicable, effective measures have been taken to ensure that the carriage is no more dangerous than the carriage of the same quantity of explosives in any one of those compatibility groups; and

(b)

different explosive substances and explosive articles in the same compatibility group are not carried together unless —

(i)

their carriage is permitted under the ADR; or

(ii)

if the ADR is not applicable, effective measures have been taken to ensure that the carriage is no more dangerous than the carriage of the same quantity of any one type of those explosive substances or explosive articles.

Subregulation 2

Subject to paragraph (3), a holder of an explosives transport licence to convey any consignment of explosives in a motor vehicle by road —

(a)

must not cause or allow any other dangerous goods to be carried on board the same motor vehicle when transporting those explosives unless the dangerous goods are compatible with those explosives according to the safety data sheet for those explosives; and

(b)

where other dangerous goods which are compatible as described in sub‑paragraph (a) are carried together with the consignment of explosives, must take all reasonable steps necessary to prevent the explosives from being brought into contact with, or otherwise endangering or being endangered by, those other dangerous goods.

Subregulation 3

A holder of an explosives transport licence to convey any consignment of explosives in compatibility group K according to the UNRTDG must not cause or allow any other explosives in any other compatibility group according to the UNRTDG to be carried together on the same vessel or vehicle.

Subregulation 4

In paragraph (2), “other dangerous goods” means any of the following, whether packaged, or carried in bulk packaging or in bulk:

(a)

any substance or article set out in the Third Schedule to the Road Traffic (Expressway Traffic) Rules (R 23);

(b)

any crude petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas and other naturally occurring hydrocarbon liquid derived from crude petroleum, coal, shale, peat or other bituminous substances;

(c)

any substance prescribed to be a flammable material for the purposes of the Fire Safety Act 1993;

(d)

any hazardous substance specified in the Schedule to the Environmental Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Rg 4);

(e)

any explosive precursor not mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) or (d);

(f)

any other explosives not part of the consignment of explosives.

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