Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

12.4 (1) A person may handle, offer for transport or transport by aircraft within Canada explosives included in Class 1.4S if

• (a) the person complies with the ICAO Technical Instructions, other than Part 4, Packing Instructions, and sections 1.1 to 1.3 of Chapter 1, General, sections 2.1 to 2.4.1 and 2.4.3 to 2.5 of Chapter 2, Marking, Chapter 3, Labelling, and Chapter 4, Documentation, of Part 5, Shipper’s Responsibilities;

• (b) when the consignor is not the air carrier, the consignor notifies the air carrier of the presence of the explosives before offering them for transport;

• (c) the explosives are one or more of the explosives set out in the following table:

  UN Number	Shipping Name
  UN0012	CARTRIDGES FOR WEAPONS, INERT PROJECTILE, or CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS
  UN0014	CARTRIDGES FOR WEAPONS, BLANK, or CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS, BLANK, or CARTRIDGES FOR TOOLS, BLANK
  UN0055	CASES, CARTRIDGE, EMPTY, WITH PRIMER
  UN0323	CARTRIDGES, POWER DEVICE
  UN0405	CARTRIDGES, SIGNAL

• (d) the calibre of cartridges with the UN number UN0012 or UN0014 is

  • (i) less than 50 calibres, in the case of cartridges for rifles or pistols, or

  • (ii) greater than or equal to 8 gauge, in the case of cartridges for shotguns;

• (e) the gross mass of each means of containment is less than or equal to 25 kg;

• (f) the explosives are placed in an inner means of containment that is a box, in metal or plastic clips or in partitions that fit snugly in an outer means of containment that is designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no accidental release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety;

• (g) the primers are protected from accidental initiation; and

• (h) each of the outer means of containment is marked with the gross mass in kilograms and the words “Explosives — Excepted” or “Explosifs — Exceptés”, in letters at least 25 mm high and in a colour that contrasts with the background colour of the means of containment.

(2) Despite the restrictions that apply to item 19 of Table 8-1 to Chapter 1, Provisions for dangerous goods carried by passengers or crew, of Part 8, Provisions Concerning Passengers and Crew, of the ICAO Technical Instructions, ammunition, or ammunition loaded in a firearm, with the UN number and shipping name UN0012, CARTRIDGES FOR WEAPONS, INERT PROJECTILE or UN0012, CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS or UN0014, CARTRIDGES FOR WEAPONS, BLANK or UN0014, CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS, BLANK or UN0014, CARTRIDGES FOR TOOLS, BLANK, may be transported on board an aircraft by a peace officer as defined in section 3 of the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations, 2012, by a Canadian in-flight security officer or by a person described in item 22, column 1, of the table to subsection 78(2) of the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations, 2012.