Explosives Regulations, 2013

Marginal note:Reuse of packaging

• 224 (1) A user must ensure that any packaging or container that has been used for industrial explosives is not reused unless

  • (a) it is in good condition;

  • (b) except in the case of a container holding industrial explosives in bulk, it contains no explosive residue;

  • (c) it is reused for the same type of explosive that it previously contained; and

  • (d) all information on the packaging or container remains accurate.

• Marginal note:Packaging — nitroglycerine-based explosive

  (2) A user must ensure that any packaging or container that has been used for a nitroglycerine-based explosive or any other explosive that is manufactured from a liquid explosive is destroyed so that it cannot be reused (for example, by breaking the packaging or container) as soon as the circumstances permit after the packaging or container is emptied.

• Marginal note:Packaging not in good condition

  (3) A user must ensure that any packaging or container that is not in good condition when it is emptied of explosives is destroyed so that it cannot be reused (for example, by breaking the packaging or container) as soon as the circumstances permit.

• Marginal note:Exception — subsections (1) and (2)

  (4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to

  • (a) the outer packaging or containers of industrial explosives if the number is contained in a barcode or matrix code that is printed on the packaging or container;

  • (b) containers holding industrial explosives in bulk;

  • (c) intermediate bulk containers holding industrial explosives in bulk; or

  • (d) plastic bags that meet the requirements of UN packaging codes 5H1, 5H2, 5H3 or 5H4.

• Marginal note:Exception — subsection (3)

  (5) Subsection (3) does not apply to intermediate bulk containers holding industrial explosives in bulk or containers holding industrial explosives in bulk.