# The Control of Explosives Regulations 1991, Regulation 9: Restrictions on prohibited persons


(1) No employer shall knowingly employ a prohibited person in a position where he handles or has control of any explosive or any restricted substance.
(2) Notwithstanding regulation 7, no prohibited person shall acquire, keep, handle or have control of any explosive or any restricted substance.
(3) In determining whether a person is a prohibited person for the purposes of this regulation, no account shall be taken of any sentence such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (d) of the definition of “prohibited person” in regulation 2(1) which was imposed in respect of an offence committed before these Regulations came into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1531/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-regulations-1991/regulation-9
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