97 Exemption of Government factories, &c. from the Act. U.K.
This Act shall not apply—
(1)To any factory, magazine, store, premises, wharf, place, or explosive under the control of the Secretary of State, . . . F1, or other department of the Government or otherwise held for the service of the Crown, or to the manufacture, keeping, or importation of such explosive; or
(2)To any of Her Majesty’s ships, boats, or carriages; or
F2F3(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2F3(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4[(5)To the conveyance of any explosive under the control of a Secretary of State, . . . F1, or other department of the Government or to the conveyance of any explosive otherwise held for the service of the Crown when the same is being conveyed in accordance with the regulations of a Secreatary of State of . . . F1 other department of the Government:
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F2S. 97(3)(4) repealed (N.I.) (1.12.2006) by The Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/425), reg. 1, Sch. 6 para. 1(9), Sch. 7 Pt. 1 (with reg. 26)
F3S. 97(3)(4) repealed (E.W.S.) (26.4.2005 with application outside E.W.S. as mentioned in reg. 3 of the repealing S.I.) by The Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1082), Sch. 5 para. 1(11), Sch. 6 (with reg. 3)
F4S. 97(5) repealed (E.W.S.) by S.I. 1989/615, reg. 19(1)
F5Words in s. 97 repealed (E.W.S.) (26.4.2005 with application outside E.W.S. as mentioned in reg. 3 of the repealing S.I.) by The Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1082), Sch. 5 para. 1(11), Sch. 6 (with reg. 3)
F6Words in s. 97 omitted (N.I.) (1.12.2006) by virtue of The Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/425), reg. 1, Sch. 6 para. 1(9), Sch. 7 Pt. 1 (with reg. 26)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 97 extended by S.I. 1965/1536, Sch. 3
C2Reference to ships to be construed as including reference to aircraft: S.R. & O. 1918/548 (Rev. I, p. 896: 1918 I, p. 50)
C3References to departments of Government except second reference in s. 97(5) to be construed as including references to United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (c. 32), Sch. 3
C4S. 97(5) extended as to explosives certified as conveyed in connection with execution of contract with Government department or with service authorities of visiting force or wth a designated headquarters or defence organisation by Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1947 (11 & 12 Geo. 6 c. 10), Sch. 2 para. 4