{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-28/annex-II/division-II/division-3/division-3.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-28/annex-II/division-II/division-3/division-3.3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2014/28",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2014/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-28",
  "path": "annex/II/division/II/division/3/division/3.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.3",
  "heading": "Detonators (including delay detonators) and relays shall also comply with the following requirements:",
  "text": "(a) detonators must reliably initiate the detonation of the blasting explosives which are intended to be used with them under all foreseeable conditions of use;\n(b) delay connectors for detonating cords must be reliably initiated;\n(c) the initiation capability must not be adversely affected by humidity;\n(d) the delay times of delay detonators must be sufficiently uniform to ensure that the probability of overlapping of the delay times of adjacent time steps is insignificant;\n(e) the electrical characteristics of electric detonators must be indicated on the packaging (e.g. no-fire current, resistance);\n(f) the wires of electric detonators must be of sufficient insulation and mechanical strength including the solidity of the link to the detonator, taking account of their intended use.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/28/annex/II/division/II/division/3/division/3.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:48.285300+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."
}