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The Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983

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Regulation 8(1) and (2)

SCHEDULE 5EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES IN RESPECT OF WHICH INNER AND OUTER PACKAGINGS ARE TO BE LABELLED

In this Schedule “N.O.S.” means “not otherwise specified”

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United Nations Serial NumberSubstanceHazard Classification Code
0224BARIUM AZIDE, dry or wetted with less than 50 per cent water, by weight1.1 A
0027BLACK POWDER (GUNPOWDER) granular or as a meal1.1 D
0028BLACK POWDER (GUNPOWDER) COMPRESSED, or BLACK POWDER (GUNPOWDER) IN PELLETS1.1 D
0226CYCLOTETRAMETHYLENETETRANITRAMINE (HMX; OCTOGEN), WETTED with not less than 15 per cent water, by weight, or CYCLOTETRAMETHYLENE-TETRANITRAMINE (HMX; OCTOGEN), DESENSITIZED with not less than 10 per cent phlegmatiser, by weight1.1 D
0391CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRA-MINE(CYCLONITE; HEXOGEN; RDX) AND CYCLOTETRAMETHYLENETETRA-NITRAMINE (HMX; OCTOGEN) MIXTURES, WETTED with not less than 15 per cent water by weight, or CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE (CYCLONITE; HEXOGEN; RDX) AND CYCLOTETRAMETHYLENETETRANITRAMINE (HMX; OCTOGEN) MIXTURES, DESENSITIZED with not less than 10 per cent phlegmatiser, by weight1.1 D
0072CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE (CYCLONITE; HEXOGEN; RDX), WETTED with not less than 15 per cent water, by weight, or CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE (CYCLONITE; HEXOGEN; RDX), DESENSITIZED with not less than 10 per cent phlegmatiser, by weight1.1 D
0074DIAZODINITROPHENOL, WETTED with not less than 40 per cent water, by weight (or mixture of alcohol and water)1.1 A
0081EXPLOSIVE, BLASTING, TYPE A1.1 D
0082EXPLOSIVE, BLASTING, TYPE B1.1 D
0331EXPLOSIVE, BLASTING, TYPE B1.5 D
0083EXPLOSIVE, BLASTING, TYPE C1.1 D
0084EXPLOSIVE, BLASTING, TYPE D1.1 D
0241EXPLOSIVE, BLASTING, TYPE E1.1 D
0332EXPLOSIVE, BLASTING, TYPE E1.5 D
0113GUANYL NITROSAMINOGUANYLIDENE HYDRAZINE, WETTED with not less than 30 per cent water, by weight1.1 A
0114GUANYL NITROSAMINOGUANYLTETRAZENE (TETRAZENE), WETTED with not less than 30 per cent water, by weight (or mixture of alcohol and water)1.1 A
0079HEXANITRODIPHENYLAMINE (DIPICRYLAMINE; HEXYL)1.1 D
0392HEXANITROSTILBENE1.1 D
0393HEXATONAL, CAST1.1 D
0118HEXOLITE, dry or wetted with less than 15 per cent water, by weight1.1 D
0129LEAD AZIDE, WETTED with not less than 20 per cent water, by weight (or mixture of alcohol and water)1.1 A
0130LEAD STYPHNATE (LEAD TRINITRORESORCINATE), WETTED with not less than 20 per cent water, by weight (or mixture of alcohol and water)1.1 A
0133MANNITOL HEXANITRATE (NITROMANNITE), WETTED with not less than 40 per cent water, by weight (or mixture of alcohol and water)1.1 D
0135MERCURY FULMINATE, WETTED with not less than 20 per cent water, by weight (or mixture of alcohol and water)1.1 A
0340NITROCELLULOSE, dry or wetted with less than 25 per cent water (or alcohol), by weight1.1 D
0341NITROCELLULOSE, unmodified or plasticized with less than 18 per cent plasticizing substance, by weight1.1 D
0343NITROCELLULOSE, PLASTICIZED with not less than 18 per cent plasticizing substance, by weight1.3 C
0342NITROCELLULOSE, WETTED with not less than 25 per cent alcohol, by weight1.3 C
0143NITROGLYCERIN, DESENSITIZED with not less than 40 per cent non-volatile water-insoluble phlegmatiser, by weight1.1 D
0144NITROGLYCERIN, SPIRIT OF, with more than 1 per cent but not more than 10 per cent nitroglycerin in solution in alcohol1.1 D
0282NITROGUANIDINE, (PICRITE), dry or wetted with less than 20 per cent water, by weight1.1 D
0146NITROSTARCH, dry or wetted with less than 20 per cent water, by weight1.1 D
0147NITRO UREA1.1 D
0266OCTOLITE, (OCTOL), dry or wetted with less than 15 per cent water, by weight1.1 D
0411PENTAERYTHRITE TETRANITRATE (PETN) with not less than 7 per cent wax, by weight1.1 D
0150PENTAERYTHRITE TETRANITRATE (PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRA-NITRATE: PETN), WETTED with not less than 25 per cent water, by weight, or PENTAERYTHRITE TETRANITRATE (PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE; PETN), DESENSITIZED with not less than 15 per cent phlegmatiser, by weight1.1 D
0151PENTOLITE, dry or wetted with less than 15 per cent water, by weight1.1 D
0433POWDER CAKE, WETTED with not less than 17 per cent alcohol, by weight1.1 C
0159POWDER CAKE (POWDER PASTE), WETTED with not less than 35 per cent water, by weight1.3 C
0160POWDER, SMOKELESS1.1 C
0161POWDER, SMOKELESS1.3 C
0190SAMPLES, EXPLOSIVE, other than initiating explosiveAs appropriate
0357SUBSTANCES, EXPLOSIVE, N.O.S.1.1 L
0358SUBSTANCES, EXPLOSIVE, N.O.S.1.2 L
0359SUBSTANCES, EXPLOSIVE, N.O.S.1.3 L
0208TRINITROPHENYLMETHYLNITRAMINE (TETRYL)1.1 D
0209TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT), dry or wetted with less than 30 per cent water, by weight1.1 D
0388TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT) AND TRINITROBENZENE MIXTURES or TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT) AND HEXANITROSTILBENE MIXTURES1.1 D
0389TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT) MIXTURES CONTAINING TRINITROBENZENE AND HEXANITROSTILBENE1.1 D
0390TRITONAL1.1 D
0220UREA NITRATE, dry or wetted with less than 20 per cent water, by weight1.1 D

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