Prohibition on making available on the market civil explosives considered not to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements
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23.—(1) Where a distributor considers, or has reason to believe, that a civil explosive is not in conformity with the essential safety requirements, the distributor must not make the civil explosive available on the market.
(2) Where the civil explosive presents a risk, the distributor must inform the following persons of the risk—
(a)the manufacturer or the importer; and
(b)the market surveillance authority.