Explosives Regulations, 2013

Marginal note:Fees

• 453 (1) The fees to be paid for obtaining the authorizations, licences, permits and certificates set out in column 1 of the table to this section are set out in column 2.

• Marginal note:Payment deadline

  (2) The fees are payable at the time the application is submitted. However, the fees referred to in items 1 and 3 of the table are payable within 30 days after the date of the invoice from the Department of Natural Resources.

  	Column 1	Column 2
  Item	Authorization, Permit, Licence or Certificate	Fees
  	Authorization of an Footnote for TABLE *explosive:
  1	Authorization for an indefinite period	$12 for each explosive, subject to a minimum fee per application of $125 and a maximum fee of $2,500 per year, plus (a) for an explosive Footnote for TABLE *manufactured in Canada, $4 per year for each Footnote for TABLE *explosive substance and each group of Footnote for TABLE *explosive articles having the same design and construction (regardless of differences in size or colour effects), subject to a minimum fee per manufacturer of $125 per year and a maximum fee per manufacturer of $1,250 per year, and (b) for an explosive manufactured outside Canada, $15 per year for each explosive substance and each group of explosive articles having the same design and construction (regardless of differences in size or colour effects), subject to a minimum fee per manufacturer of $125 per year and a maximum fee per manufacturer of $2,500 per year
  2	Authorization for a specified period, for use other than at a tour or international competition	$150
  3	Authorization for a specified period for use at a tour or international competition	$500 for each Footnote for TABLE *pyrotechnic event or fireworks display, subject to a maximum fee of $2,500 for events or displays that are part of the same tour or international competition
  	Permit to import explosives:
  4	Single use permit	$160
  5	Annual permit	$160 plus $20 for each 1 000 kg NEQ imported, subject to a maximum fee of $1,300, calculated (a) on the basis of the estimated maximum quantity to be imported during the year, for an initial application, and (b) on the basis of the quantity imported during the most recent year of importation, for any subsequent application
  	Factory licence:
  6	Initial division 1 factory licence to manufacture blasting or military explosives	Subject to a minimum fee of $3,000 and a maximum fee of $30,000, the total of (a) $800 for each process unit, (b) $800 for each mobile process unit, (c) $17 for each 1 000 kg NEQ storage limit increment of each magazine other than a detonator magazine, and (d) $225 for each detonator magazine
  7	Renewal of a division 1 factory licence to manufacture blasting or military explosives	Subject to a minimum fee of $3,000 and a maximum fee of $30,000, the total of (a) $575 for each process unit, (b) $575 for each mobile process unit, (c) $17 for each 1 000 kg NEQ storage limit increment of each magazine other than a detonator magazine, and (d) $225 for each detonator magazine
  8	Division 1 factory licence to manufacture any other explosives, and any other factory licence	Subject to a minimum fee of $800 and a maximum fee of $3,000, the total of (a) $800 for each process unit, and (b) $17 for each 1 000 kg NEQ storage limit increment, for any quantity greater than 250 kg NEQ
  	Vendor magazine licence:
  9	Vendor magazine licence to store high explosives or initiation systems	The total of (a) $25 for each 1 000 kg NEQ of storage limit increment of each magazine other than a detonator magazine, and (b) $275 for each detonator magazine
  10	Vendor magazine licence to store any other explosives	(a) $140 for each retail establishment; (b) $350 for each distribution establishment; and (c) $700 for each distribution establishment that repackages explosives
  	User magazine licence:
  11	User magazine licence to store high explosives or initiation systems, other than high explosives and initiation systems stored by law enforcement agencies	$140 per magazine, subject to a minimum fee of $280
  12	User magazine zone licence to store high explosives or initiation systems	$200 per magazine, subject to a minimum fee of $400
  13	User magazine licence to store any other explosives, other than explosives stored by law enforcement agencies	$70
  	Manufacturing certificate:
  14	Certificate to manufacture blasting explosives	$200 per month, subject to a minimum fee of $800 and a maximum fee of $1,600
  15	Certificate to mechanically blend ammonium nitrate and fuel oil for immediate use at a blast site	$800
  16	Any other manufacturing certificate	$75
  	Fireworks operator certificate:
  17	Initial certificate	$150
  18	Modification to or change of certificate	$100
  19	Renewal of certificate	$100

• Return to footnote ^*Terms preceded by an asterisk are defined in section 6.