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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/208/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coal-and-other-safety-lamp-mines-explosives-regulations-1993/regulation-9
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