Explosives Act 1875

2Commencement of Act

3Substances to which this Act applies

PART ILaw relating to Gunpowder

General Law as to Manufacture and Keeping of Gunpowder

4Gunpowder to be manufactured only at factory lawfully existing or licensed under this Act

5Gunpowder (except for private use) to be kept only in existing or new magazine or store, or in registered premises

Licensing of Factories and Magazines for Gunpowder

6Application for license for new factory or magazine

7Application for assent of local authority to site. of new factory or magazine

8Grant and confirmation of license

Regulation of Factories and Magazines for Gunpowder

9Regulation of factories and magazines for gunpowder

10General rules for factories and magazines

11Special rules for regulation of workmen in factory or magazine

Supplemental as to Factories and Magazines for Gunpowder

12Alteration of terms of license and enlargement of factory or magazine

13Devolution and determination of license

Application of Act to existing Factories and Magazines for Gunpowder

14Continuing certificate for existing factories and magazines

Consumers Stores for GunpowderLicensing and Regulation of Stores

15Store license to be obtained from local authority

16Order in Council prescribing situation and construction of stores

17General rules for stores

18Non-transferability, renewal, and forms of store licenses

19Special rules for regulation of workmen in stores

Application of Act to existing Stores for Gunpowder

20Definition of and continuing certificate for existing stores which are to be subject to this Act

Retail Dealing with GunpowderRegistration and Regulation of Registered Premises

21Registration of premises with local authority

22General rules for registered premises

Supplemental Provisions

23Precautions against fire or explosion to be taken by occupier

24Explanation as to quantities of gunpowder allowed in buildings

25Regulations as to arbitration

26Fees for licenses

27Adjoining places occupied together to be one place

28Register of store licenses and registered premises to be kept by local authority

29Provision in case of death, &c. of occupier of store or; registered premises

Sale of Gunpowder

30Restriction on sale of gunpowder in highways, &c

31Penalty for sale of gunpowder to children

32Sale of gunpowder to be in closed packages labelled

Conveyance of Gunpowder

33General rules as to packing of gunpowder for conveyance

34Byelaws by harbour authority as to conveyance, loading, &c of gunpowder

35Byelaws by railway and canal company as to conveyance, loading, &c. of gunpowder

36Byelaws as to wharves in which gunpowder is loaded or unloaded

37Byelaws as to conveyance by road or otherwise;, or loading of gunpowder. 38. Confirmation and publication of byelaws

38Any recommendation to Her Majesty in Council, any general rules...

PART IILaw relating to other Explosives

Application of Part I. to other Explosives

39Part I. relating to gunpowder applied to other explosives

40Modification of Part I. as applied to explosives other than gunpowder

41Exemption of making and carrying safety cartridges for private use

42Extension of 18 & 19 Vict. c. 119. s. 29. and 36 & 37 Vict c. 85. ss. 23-27. to all explosives

Specially dangerous Explosives

43Power to prohibit manufacture, importation, storage, and carriage of specially dangerous explosives

Provisions in favour of certain Manufacturers and Dealers

44Provision in favour of makers, &c. of blasting cartridges

45Provision in favour of makers of new explosive for experiment

46Provision in favour of gunmakers, &c. making cartridges

47Provision in favour of owners of mines and quarries as to making charges, &c. for blasting

48Provision in favour of small firework manufacturer who may obtain a license from the local authority

49Licensing by local authority and regulation of mall firework factories

50Keeping without a license and conveyance of percussion caps, &c

Existing Factories, Magazines, and Stores

51Application of Part I. of the Act to existing factories and magazines

52Continuing certificate not required for factory, magazine, or importation license expiring within 12 months, or for stores licensed under Nitro-glycerine Act, 1869

PART IIIAdministration of Law

Government SupervisionInspection

53Appointment of Government inspectors

54Disqualification of persons as inspectors

55Powers of Government inspectors

56Notice by Government inspector to remedy dangerous practices, &c, and penalty for non-compliance. "

57Annual report of Government inspectors proceedings

58Inspection by railway inspectors or inspectors of Board of Trade

59Application of 35 & 36 Vict. c. 76. and c. 77. to magazines used for mines

60License and special rules certified by Government inspector to be evidence

61Keeping and carriage of samples by Government inspector

62Salaries of Government inspectors and expenses of Act

63Notice to be given of accidents connected with explosive

64Reconstruction of buildings destroyed by accident

65Provisions as to coroners inquests on deaths from accidents connected with explosives

66Inquiry into accidents and formal investigation in serious cases

Local SupervisionDefinition and Powers of Local Authority

67Definition of local authority

68Power of certain local bodies to become a local authority

69Duty of local authority and power of officer

70Expenses of local authority

Power of Local Authority to provide Carriages and Magazines

71Undertaking of carriage by harbour authority and canal company

72Provision of magazines by local authority

General Power of Search

73Search for explosive when in place in contravention of this Act, or offence being committed with respect to it

74Seizure and detention of explosives liable to forfeiture

75Inspection of wharf, carriage, boat, &c. with explosives in transitu

76Payment for samples of explosives

PART IVSupplemental Provisions, Legal Proceedings, Exemptions, and Definitions

Supplemental Provisions

77Penalty on and removal of trespassers

78Arrest without warrant of persons committing dangerous offences

79Imprisonment for wilful act or neglect endangering life or limb

80Penalty for throwing fireworks in thoroughfare

81Forgery and falsification of documents

82Punishment for defacing notices

83Provisions as to Orders in Council and orders of Secretary of State

84Publication of byelaws, notices, &c

85Requisitions, notices, &c. to be in writing, &c, and how to be served

86Construction of enactments referring to powers of searching for gunpowder

Legal Proceedings

87Exemption of occupier from penalty upon proof of another being real offender

88Exemption of carrier and owner and master of ship where consignee, &c. in fault

89Supplemental provisions as to forfeiture of explosive

90Jurisdiction in tidal waters or on boundaries

91Prosecution of offences either summarily or on indictment

92Power of offender in certain cases to elect to be tried on indictment, and not by summary jurisdiction

93Appeal to quarter sessions

94Constitution of court

95Distress of ship

96Application of penalties and disposal of forfeitures

Exemptions and Savings

97Exemption of Government factories, &c. from the Act

98Saving for rocket and fog stations

99Exemption of magazines in the Mersey

100Saving for master of ship and carrier in case of emergency

101Saving for rockets, gunpowder, &c. on board ship in compliance with 17 & 18 Vict. c. 104

102Saving clause as to liability

103Powers of Act cumulative, with power to ma,ke provisional order for repealing local Acts

104Extension of definition of explosive to other explosive substances

105Persons carrying on certain processes to be deemed manufacturers

106Definition and classification of explosives by Order in Council

107Definition of " chief officer of police " and " police district."

108General definitions

Application of Act to Scotland

110Local authority

111Expenses of local authority

112Secretary of State empowered to declare police commissioners the local authority in certain cases

113Local authority to have certain powers to take land otherwise than by agreement

114Provision for making and enforcing byelaws, &c

115Board of Trade empowered to make byelaws for the lower estuary of the Clyde : Secretary of State to define the authority for enforcing such byelaws

Application of Act to Ireland

116Definition of local authority

117Power of certain local bodies to become a local authority

118Expenses of local authority

119Form of registers of store licenses and registered premises, and amount of fees, to be approved by Secretary of State

121Application of penalties in Ireland

122Repeal of certain Acts and part of Act in 4th and 5th schedules

PART ONEGunpowder Factories

PART TWOGunpowder Stores

SECOND SCHEDULEArbitration

FOURTH SCHEDULE

Explosives Act 1875

1875 Chapter 17

An Act to amend the Law with respect to manufacturing keeping, selling, carrying, and importing Gunpowder, Mtro-glycerine, and other explosive substances.

[14th June 1875.]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :