The Coal and Other Safety-Lamp Mines (Explosives) Regulations 1993

Use of priming station and security of primed cartridges

17.—(1) A person shall not prime cartridges away from the place where they are to be used unless–

(a)he has been authorised in writing by the manager to do so; and

(b)he does so at a suitable priming station designated by the manager for the purpose.

(2) A person who primes cartridges at a priming station shall–

(a)carefully pack them into one or more containers; and

(b)(in the case of a shotfirer, subject to paragraph (2) of regulation 33 or, in the case of a trainee shotfirer, subject to paragraph (3) of regulation 33) keep any such container secure until all the primed cartridges are used.

(3) A person shall not–

(a)open a container of primed cartridges; or

(b)handle a primed cartridge,

unless he is a shotfirer or trainee shotfirer.