The Control of Explosives Regulations 1991

Keeping explosives for private use

10.—(1) No person shall keep any explosive for private use except explosive of one or more of the following descriptions–

(a) gunpowder;

(b) smokeless powder;

(c) any propellant made or adapted and also, in either case, intended exclusively for small arms ammunition;

(d) an explosive listed in Schedule 1.

(2) No person shall keep any explosive in any premises for private use except one or more of the following–

(a) any quantity of fireworks which are kept for less than 14 days before being used and are kept in a safe and suitable place with all due precautions for public safety;

(b) any quantity of fog signals kept by any railway operator for use on the railway if packaged so as to be in Division 1.4 and Compatibility Group S for the purposes of the 1983 Regulations;

(c) such quantity of percussion caps or small arms ammunition or a mixture of them as will ensure that the quantity of explosives kept in the premises under this sub-paragraph, including any explosives kept by other persons, does not exceed 15 kilograms;

(d) such quantity of gunpowder as will ensure that the quantity of explosives kept in the premises under this sub-paragraph, including any explosives kept by other persons, does not exceed 10 kilograms; and

(e) such quantity of any explosive mentioned in paragraph (1) as will ensure that the quantity of explosives kept in the premises under this sub-paragraph, including any explosives kept by other persons, does not exceed 5 kilograms.

(3) This regulation shall not apply to the keeping of any explosive in a licensed factory or magazine, a store, registered premises or premises occupied on behalf of the Crown.