{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-precursors-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-precursors-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/224",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Explosives Precursors etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-precursors-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Control of tier 1 substances",
  "text": "(1) A person must not deal with a tier 1 substance except under, and in accordance with, a licence granted by the Secretary of State under regulation 5.\n(2) A “tier 1 substance” means a substance mentioned in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 or any mixture containing that substance, but does not include a mixture falling within the exception in column 2 of that table.\n(3) A person deals with a tier 1 substance if that person—\n(a) supplies the substance;\n(b) acquires the substance;\n(c) imports the substance into Northern Ireland ;\n(d) possesses the substance; or\n(e) uses the substance.\n(4) But a person (“P”) is not to be regarded as possessing or acquiring a tier 1 substance if—\n(a) the substance is being transported (including being loaded or unloaded and during breaks which are reasonably incidental to completing the journey within a reasonable length of time);\n(b) P is in possession of the substance only by reason of being—\n(i) a carrier,\n(ii) a person engaged in the work of loading or unloading, or\n(iii) the occupier of a place it passes through while on the journey;\n(c) P is acting for purposes connected with P's trade, business or profession; and\n(d) the substance is under the direction and control of the licence holder.\n(5) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—\n(a) any department under the control of a Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 );\n(b) the armed forces of the Crown;\n(c) an inspector appointed under Article 21 of the 1978 Order, acting as such;\n(d) a police officer, acting as such; or\n(e) an authorised officer, acting as such.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Under the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, and these Regulations, “Northern Ireland” includes the territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1975 c. 26; there are no relevant amendments."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/224/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:05:46.939435+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}