{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-regulations-1991/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-regulations-1991/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1531",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Explosives Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Acquisition and keeping of explosives",
  "text": "(1) No person shall acquire any explosives unless–\n(a) he has a valid explosives certificate certifying him to be a fit person to acquire explosives; and\n(b) he acquires no more explosives than any quantity referred to in the explosives certificate; and\n(c) where the explosives certificate specifies the description of explosives which he is a fit person to acquire, he acquires only explosives of that description; and\n(d) where the explosives certificate specifies purposes for which he is a fit person to acquire explosives, he acquires them only for those purposes.\n(2) No person shall keep any explosives unless he–\n(a) has a valid explosives certificate certifying him to be a fit person to keep explosives; and\n(b) keeps no more explosives than the quantity referred to in the explosives certificate; and\n(c) where the explosives certificate specifies the description of explosives which he is a fit person to keep, keeps only explosives of that description; and\n(d) keeps them at any place specified in the explosives certificate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1531/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:41:52.410050+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."
}