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SCHEDULE 3Amendments to the Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

2.  In regulation 3—

(a)in paragraph (3)(a) for the words “under section 7(1)” there shall be substituted the words “under section 5(1)”;

(b)for paragraph (3)(b) substitute the following paragraph—

(b)the vehicle carrying the explosives is one which is used—

(i)for delivering goods between private premises and a vehicle in the immediate vicinity of those premises, or

(ii)in passing between one part of private premises and another part of those premises situated in the immediate vicinity of that first part where both parts are occupied by the same person, notwithstanding that those parts may be separated by a road.; and

(c)at the end, add the following paragraph—

(6) These Regulations shall not apply to or in relation to the carriage of explosives as a result of an emergency where that carriage is intended to save human life or protect the environment, provided that all measures are taken to ensure that such carriage is carried out safely.