Regulations 7(1) and 8(1)
SCHEDULE 6PROCEDURE FOR EXPLOSIVES LICENCE APPLICATIONS
1. An application for an explosives licence or for any alteration of the terms of an existing licence shall be made in writing to the Secretary of State and shall be accompanied by such information and plans as the Secretary of State may require.
2. On receipt of an application, the Secretary of State may prepare a draft licence and in such a case he may require the applicant to publish, in a form approved by the Secretary of State, a notice giving such details of the draft licence as the Secretary of State may require.
3. A notice published pursuant to paragraph 2 shall state that any comments or objections on the application must be sent to the Secretary of State within one month of the publication of the notice.
4. Within the time for comment or objection the applicant shall give to any interested person such additional information about the application as the Secretary of State may determine.
5. After the time for comment or objection has passed the Secretary of State may amend the draft licence and, if he does so, may require the applicant to publish a further notice in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.
6. Where the applicant for a licence or amending licence is a berth operator and not the harbour authority. he shall send a copy of the application to the harbour authority.