SCHEDULE 16E+W+SAmendment of the Explosives Regulations 2014

PART 1E+W+SAmendments to the Explosives Regulations 2014

Amendment to regulation 34E+W+S

5.  Regulation 34 (Attribution of manufacturing site codes for civil explosives) is amended as follows—

(a)in paragraph (3)—

(i)for “that is not an EEA State” substitute “ other than the United Kingdom ”;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (a) for “an EEA State” substitute “ the United Kingdom ”;

(iii)in sub-paragraph (b) for “an EEA State” substitute “ the United Kingdom ”;

(iv)in sub-paragraph (c) after “import of the civil explosives is” omit “either”;

(v)in sub-paragraph (c) after “Northern Ireland” omit “or an EEA State other than the United Kingdom”;

(b)in paragraph (4)(b), after “Northern Ireland” omit “or an EEA State other than the United Kingdom”;

(c)in paragraph (5)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (a), at the end omit “and”;

(ii)for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)the importer must at the time of its application provide the Executive with the details of any site code previously attributed to those explosives; and

(c)the Executive must attribute the code (which may be the same as the code previously attributed to the explosives) and inform the importer accordingly.”;

(d)for paragraph (6) substitute—

“(6) Where this paragraph applies, the manufacturer must apply to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for the Secretary of State to attribute a code for the site where the civil explosives are manufactured.”

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