SCHEDULE 6AMENDMENTS

PART 1AMENDMENTS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION

Explosives Act (Northern Ireland) 19708

1

The Explosives Act (Northern Ireland) 197030 is amended as follows.

2

In section 1 (making and dealing with explosives)—

a

in subsection (1), for the words “Explosives Acts” to “under those Acts” substitute “Explosives Act 1875 (in this Act referred to as “the 1875 Act”) or of any instrument made under that Act, the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006”;

b

in subsection (3)(a), for the word “magazine” substitute “store keeping more than 2000 kilograms of explosives”; and

c

for subsection (4A), substitute—

  • Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to—

    1. a

      fireworks of such categories as may be prescribed by Explosives regulations; and

    2. b

      those desensitised explosives listed in Schedule 2 to the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.

3

In sections 3(1) and (2) (explosives regulations), 8(1) (interpretation) and 10 (short title and citation), for the words “principal Acts” substitute “1875 Act”.

4

In section 5 (RUC to have powers of inspectors)—

a

for the words “sections 55, 75 and 86” substitute “sections 55 and 75”; and

b

omit the words “and, so far as it applies to those sections, in section 87 of that Act,”.

5

In section 8(3) (interpretation), for the words “Explosives Act 1875” substitute “Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006”.