Regulation 9 Locked containers and carriages

(1)

No person shall issue explosives or detonators unless they are locked in a container or (with regard to explosives only) locked in a carriage.

(2)

Any person who issues a container of explosives or detonators shall ensure that it holds–

(a)

in the case of a container of explosives, nothing more than explosives of the same composition and a check sheet; and

(b)

in the case of a container of detonators, nothing more than detonators of the same type and a check sheet.

(3)

No person who has control of a container of explosives or detonators shall place in it–

(a)

in the case of a container of explosives, anything other than explosives of the same composition and a check sheet; and

(b)

in the case of a container of detonators, anything other than detonators of the same type and a check sheet.

(4)

The manager shall ensure that no container is issued unless it has been marked with a serial number unique to the mine.

(5)

In this regulation, “check sheet” means a document for recording the number of shots fired.