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Division [1A007] Equipment and devices, specially designed to initiate charges and devices containing "energetic materials", by electrical means, as follows:F1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

NB: SEE ALSO MILITARY GOODS CONTROLS, 3A229 AND 3A232.

F2Technical Note:

For the purposes of 1A007., the word initiator or igniter is sometimes used in place of the word detonator.

  1. a..

    Explosive detonator firing sets designed to drive explosive detonators specified in 1A007.b.;

  2. b..

    Electrically driven explosive detonators as follows:

    1. 1..

      Exploding bridge (EB);

    2. 2..

      Exploding bridge wire (EBW);

    3. 3..

      Slapper;

    4. 4..

      Exploding foil initiators (EFI).

F3Technical Note:

For the purposes of 1A007.b., the detonators of concern all utilise a small electrical conductor (bridge, bridge wire, or foil) that explosively vaporises when a fast, high-current electrical pulse is passed through it. In non-slapper types, the exploding conductor starts a chemical detonation in a contacting high explosive material such as PETN (pentaerythritoltetranitrate). In slapper detonators, the explosive F4vaporisation of the electrical conductor drives a flyer or slapper across a gap, and the impact of the slapper on an explosive starts a chemical detonation. The slapper in some designs is driven by magnetic force. The term exploding foil detonator may refer to either an EB or a slapper-type detonator.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1749 of 7 October 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items.

F2

Words in Annex 1 Entry 1A007 inserted (1.4.2024) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/346), regs. 1(1), 3(4)(b)

F3

Words in Annex 1 Entry 1A007 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/346), regs. 1(1), 3(4)(c)

F4

Word in Annex 1 Entry 1A007.b Technical Note substituted (20.5.2025) by The Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/532), regs. 1(2), 9(2)(b)