Schedule 1 AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS
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| Provisions to be amended | Subject-matter of measurement | Present measurement | Substituted measurement |
| EXPLOSIVES ACT 1875 | |||
| Parts I , II and III | |||
| Section 5: (proviso (1)) | Maximum amount of gunpowder to which the section does not apply, if kept for private use and not for sale | thirty pounds | 15 kilograms |
| Section 7 | Area for service of notice on local and harbour authorities | one mile | 1.6 kilometres |
| Section 16(3) | Maximum amount of gunpowder to be kept in certain stores | two tons | 2,000 kilograms |
| Section 17: General Rule No. (5) | Amount of gunpowder below which stores need not have a lightning conductor | one thousand pounds | 500 kilograms |
| Section 22: General Rule No. (2)(a) | Maximum amount of gunpowder allowed in certain registered premises | two hundred pounds | 100 kilograms |
| Section 22: General Rule No. (2)(b) | Maximum amount of gunpowder allowed in other registered premises— | fifty pounds | 25 kilograms |
| but if in fire-proof safe | one hundred pounds | 50 kilograms | |
| Section 22: General Rule No. (5) | Amount above which gunpowder shall be kept in a substantial receptacle | one pound | 500 grams |
| Section 24 | Designated area deemed to be part of a building | twenty yards | 20 metres |
| Additional quantity of gunpowder allowed in a factory under certain conditions | ten hundred weight | 500 kilograms | |
| Section 32 | Amount above which gunpowder shall be sold in a substantial receptacle | one pound | 500 grams |
| Section 46: regulation (1) | Maximum amount of gunpowder allowed in cartridge filling room | five pounds | 2 kilograms |
| Section 47: regulation (1) | Maximum amount of gunpowder allowed in certain workshops | one hundred pounds | 50 kilograms |
| Section 48: paragraph (a) | Maximum amount of explosive allowed in small firework factory | one hundred pounds | 50 kilograms |
| Section 48: paragraph (b) | Maximum amount of manufactured fireworks allowed in small firework factory | five hundred pounds | 250 kilograms |
| Section 48: paragraph (c) | Maximum amount of coloured fires or stars allowed in small firework factory | twenty-five pounds | 12 kilograms |
| Section 63 | Amount of gunpowder above which a related accident is notifiable in certain cases | half a ton | 500 kilograms |
| First Schedule: Part One | |||
| Regulation (1) | Maximum quantity of gunpowder allowed under mill stones in certain circumstances at one time | fifty pounds | 25 kilograms |
| sixty pounds | 30 kilograms | ||
| Regulation (2) | Maximum quantity of gunpowder allowed to under press at one time | ten hundred weight | 500 kilograms |
| Regulation (3) | Maximum quantity of gunpowder allowed to be granulated at one time | twelve hundred weight | 600 kilograms |
| Regulation (4) | Maximum quantity of gunpowder allowed to be dried at one time | fifty hundred weight | 2,500 kilograms |
| Regulation (5) | Minimum distance between press houses etc. and expense magazines | forty yards | 35 metres |
| Regulation (6) | Minimum distance between mill and factory magazine | one hundred and forty yards | 125 metres |
| Regulation (7) | Minimum distance for charcoal from a mill, press or magazine | 20 yards | 20 metres |
| First Schedule : Part Two | |||
| Regulation (2) | Maximum amount of gunpowder allowed in a well constructed store | four thousand pounds | 2,000 kilograms |
| Maximum amount of gunpowder allowed in other stores | three hundred pounds | 150 kilograms | |
| Regulation (3) | Amount of gunpowder in certain stores | three hundred pounds | 150 kilograms |
| Distance within which store shall be from mine, quarry, etc. | two hundred yards | 180 metres | |
| Minimum distance from house of store | two hundred yards | 180 metres | |
| Regulation (5) | Amount of gunpowder in certain stores | three hundred pounds | 150 kilograms |
| Distance within which store shall be from mine, quarry etc. | two hundred yards | 180 metres | |
| Minimum distance from house of store | two hundred yards | 180 metres | |
| Regulation (6) | Minimum distance from the City of London or Westminster of store | three miles | 5 kilometres |
| Minimum distance from borough or market town of store | one mile | 1.6 kilometres | |
| Minimum distance from Royal residence of store | two miles | 3 kilometres | |
| Minimum distance from Crown magazine of store | two miles | 3 kilometres | |
| Minimum distance from parish church of store | half a mile | 800 metres | |
| Order in Council (No. 1) Classifying Explosives f1 | |||
| Class 7 (proviso) | Maximum quantity of coloured fire composition in deemed “manufactured firework” | one pound | 500 grams |
| Order in Council (No. 3) relating to Magazines for Explosives other than Gunpowder, whether with or without Gunpowder f2 | |||
| Part II | Maximum amount of gunpowder allowed in cartridge filling room (all references) | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms |
| Maximum amount of other explosive allowed in cartridge filling room | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms | |
| Part III | Maximum amount of gunpowder allowed in workshop (all references) | 100 lbs. | 50 kilograms |
| Maximum amount of other explosive allowed in workshop | 100 lbs.f3 | 50 kilograms | |
| Order in Council (No. 4) relating to Small Firework Factories f4 | |||
| Part II | |||
| Preamble: paragraph 3 | Maximum amount of gunpowder to be kept in stores | two tons | 2,000 kilograms |
| Article 4 | Minimum distance of danger building from other buildings | 25 yards | 25 metres |
| Provisos to Article 4 | Reduced distance for screened and protected building | 12 yards | 12 metres |
| Exception for certain magazines | 25 yards | 25 metres | |
| Article 6 | Distance, greater than which, a factory of Division A shall be from— | ||
| works of Class 1 | 25 yards | 25 metres | |
| works of Class 2 | 50 yards | 50 metres | |
| works of Class 3 | ¼ mile | 400 metres | |
| Royal residences | ½ mile | 800 metres | |
| Distance, greater than which, a factory of Division B shall be from— | |||
| works of Class 1 | 50 yards | 50 metres | |
| works of Class 2 | 100 yards | 100 metres | |
| works of Class 3 | ½ mile | 800 metres | |
| Royal residences | 1 mile | 1.6 kilometres | |
| Article 7 | Maximum quantities in a factory of Division A of— | ||
| explosives | 50 lbs. | 25 kilograms | |
| coloured fires or stars | 25 lbs. | 12 kilograms | |
| manufactured fireworks | 150 lbs. | 75 kilograms | |
| Maximum quantities in a factory of Division B of— | |||
| explosives | 100 lbs. | 50 kilograms | |
| coloured fires or stars | 25 lbs. | 12 kilograms | |
| manufactured fireworks | 500 lbs. | 250 kilograms | |
| Part III | |||
| General Rule No. 6 | Minimum distance between fire and danger building | 25 yards | 25 metres |
| Reduced distance for screened and protected building | 12 yards | 12 metres | |
| General Rule No. 20 | Maximum quantities in a danger building of— | ||
| explosives | 25 lbs. | 12 kilograms | |
| manufactured fireworks | 50 lbs. | 25 kilograms | |
| manufactured fireworks during packing | 100 lbs. | 50 kilograms | |
| Order in Council (No. 6) relating to Stores Licensed for Mixed Explosives f5 | |||
| Part I | |||
| Preamble: paragraph 3 | Maximum amount of gunpowder to be kept in stores | two tons | 2,000 kilograms |
| Article 3(2)(a) | Distance in excess of which store of Division A shall be from— | ||
| works of Class 1 | 75 feet | 23 metres | |
| works of Class 2 | 85 feet | 26 metres | |
| Article 3(2)(b) | Distance in excess of which store of Division B shall be from— | ||
| works of Class 1 | 75 feet | 23 metres | |
| works of Class 2 | 130 feet | 40 metres | |
| Article 3(2)(c) | Distance in excess of which store of Division C shall be from— | ||
| works of Class 1 | 146 feet | 45 metres | |
| works of Class 2 | 292 feet | 89 metres | |
| Article 3(2)(d) | Distance in excess of which store of Division D shall be from— | ||
| works of Class 1 | 230 feet | 70 metres | |
| works of Class 2 | 460 feet | 140 metres | |
| Article 3(2)(e) | Distance in excess of which store of Division E shall be from— | ||
| works of Class 1 | 352 feet | 110 metres | |
| works of Class 2 | 704 feet | 215 metres | |
| Proviso (i) to Article 3(2) | Exempted workshops not regarded as protected works— | ||
| maximum quantity of explosive | 100 lb. | 50 kilograms | |
| distance in excess of which the workshop is from store etc. | 75 feet | 23 metres | |
| Proviso (ii) to Article 3(2) | Railways not regarded as protected works— | ||
| minimum distance from store | 75 feet | 23 metres | |
| distance within which locomotive is from store | 150 feet | 46 metres | |
| Proviso (iii) to Article 3(2) | Minimum thickness of earth mound screening store | 3 feet | 1 metres |
| Article 3(4) | Maximum quantity permitted in Division A store— | ||
| (a) general explosive | 150 lb. | 75 kilograms | |
| (b) certain ammunition | 700 lb. | 320 kilograms | |
| Article 3(5) | Maximum quantity permitted in Division B store— | ||
| (a) general explosive | 300 lb. | 150 kilograms | |
| (b) certain ammunition | 4,000 lb. | 1,800 kilograms | |
| Article 3(6) | Maximum quantity permitted in Division C store— | ||
| (a) general explosive | 1,000 lb. | 450 kilograms | |
| (b) certain ammunition | 20,000 lb. | 9,000 kilograms | |
| Article 3(7) | Maximum quantity permitted in Division D store— | ||
| (a) general explosive | 2,000 lb. | 900 kilograms | |
| (b) certain ammunition | 20,000 lb. | 9,000 kilograms | |
| Article 3(8) | Maximum quantity permitted in Division E store— | ||
| (a) general explosive | 4,000 lb. | 1,800 kilograms | |
| (b) certain ammunition | 20,000 lb. | 9,000 kilograms | |
| Article 3(9) | Ratio of reduction in quantity of general explosive to | pound | kilogram |
| permitted additional quantity of fireworks | 4 lb. | 4 kilograms | |
| Article 5 | Distance between store and workshop | 75 feetf6 | 25 metres |
| Part III | Maximum amount of gunpowder allowed in cartridge filling room (all references) | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms |
| Maximum amount of other explosive allowed in cartridge filling room | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms | |
| Part IV | Maximum amount of gunpowder allowed in workshop (all references) | 100 lbs. | 50 kilograms |
| Maximum amount of other explosive allowed in workshop | 100 lb.f7 | 50 kilograms | |
| Order in Council (No. 9) relating to the Sale of Explosive f8 | |||
| Preamble | Amount above which gunpowder must be sold in a substantial receptacle | 1 lb. | 500 grams |
| Article 1 | Maximum amount of other explosive which may be sold if not in a substantial receptacle | 1 lb. | 500 grams |
| Proviso (a) to Article 1 | Maximum amount of gunpowder etc. in an amount of explosive of Class 6 Division 1 which may be sold if not in a substantial receptacle | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms |
| Proviso (b) to Article 1 | Maximum amount of explosive of Class 7 Division 2 which may be sold if not in a substantial receptacle | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms |
| Order in Council (No. 11) respecting Notice to be given of Accidents connected with the Conveyance of Explosives other than Gunpowder f9 | Amount of gunpowder above which a related accident is notifiable in certain cases | half a ton | 500 kilograms |
| Amount of other explosive above which a related accident is notifiable in certain cases | 200 lbs. | 100 kilograms | |
| Order in Council (No. 12 to replace No. 8) relating to the Keeping of Explosive for Private Use and not for Sale f10 | |||
| Preamble | Maximum amount of gunpowder for private use | 30 lbs. | 15 kilograms |
| Article (2)(a) | Maximum amount of gunpowder in small arms cartridges to which exception applies | five pounds | 2 kilograms |
| Article (2)(c) | Maximum amount of fireworks to which exception applies in certain cases | five pounds | 2 kilograms |
| Article (3)(a) | Maximum amount of explosive which may be specified in certificate | ten pounds | 5 kilograms |
| Schedule | Maximum amount of explosive specified in certificate | ten pounds | 5 kilograms |
| Order in Council (No. 16) repealing and consolidating the previous Orders relating to Premises registered for Mixed Explosives f11 | |||
| Part I | |||
| General Rule No. 2(5) | Amount above which certain explosives must be kept in closed bag or case | 1 lb. | 500 grams |
| Amount of certain explosives above which packages may not be opened on registered premises | 1 lb. | 500 grams | |
| Maximum amount of certain explosives which a package opened for immediate use may contain | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms | |
| Part IV | Maximum amount of gunpowder in cartridge filling room (all references) | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms |
| Maximum amount of small-arm nitro-compound in cartridge filling room | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms | |
| Order in Council (No. 16A) varying the Order in Council (No. 16) of October 26 1896, relating to Premises registered for Mixed Explosives f12 | |||
| Preamble | Maximum quantity of fireworks, Mode A | 200 lbs. | 100 kilograms |
| Maximum quantity of fireworks, Mode B | 50 lbs. | 25 kilograms | |
| Article 1 | Maximum weight for “Shop Goods” Mines, Jack-in-the-boxes and Feu de Joie | 2 lbs. | 1 kilogram |
| Maximum weight for “Shop Goods” Maroons | 4 ozs. | 100 grams | |
| Maximum length for “Shop Goods” Chinese Crackers | 4 inches | 100 millimetres | |
| Article 2 | Ratio of “Shop Goods” to | two pounds (2 lbs.) | 2 kilograms |
| manufactured fireworks | one pound (1 lb.) | 1 kilogram | |
| Order in Council (No. 26) relating to Picric Acid, Picrates and Mixtures of Picric Acid with other Substances f13 | |||
| Article 2(b) | Maximum quantity of picric acid not deemed to be an explosive | 1 lb. | 500 grams |
| Order in Council (No. 27) (The Explosives (Di-nitro-phenol and Di-nitro-phenolate) Order 1927) | |||
| Article 2(c) | Maximum quantity of di-nitro-phenol to which the Order does not apply | 5 lb. | 2 kilograms |
| Order in Council (No. 28) (The Sale of Explosives Order 1928) f14 | |||
| Article 3 | Amount of explosive which must be exceeded in a certificate of a Chief Officer of Police | ten pounds | 5 kilograms |
| Order in Council (No. 30) prohibiting the Manufacture, Importation, Keeping, Conveyance or Sale of Acetylene when an Explosive as defined by the Order f15 | |||
| First provision | Pressure above which acetylene is deemed to be an explosive | nine pounds to the square inch | 620 millibars |
| Proviso (1)(a) | Maximum pressure of acetylene used in the production of organic compounds | {three hundred pounds per square inch | 21 bars |
| {twenty-two pounds per square inch | 1.5 bars | ||
| Proviso (1)(b) | Maximum pressure of acetylene in any other case | twenty-two pounds to the square inch | 1.5 bars |
| Order of Secretary of State (No. 5), dated March 28 1898, relating to Compressed Acetylene in Admixture with Oil-Gas f16 | Maximum pressure at which acetylene in admixture with oil-gas is deemed not to be an explosive | one hundred and fifty pounds to the square inch | 10 bars |
| Order of Secretary of State (No. 5A), dated September 29 1905, relating to Compressed Acetylene in Admixture with Oil-Gas f17 | |||
| Condition 4 | Maximum pressure at which acetylene in admixture with oil-gas is deemed not to be an explosive | one hundred and fifty pounds per square inch | 10 bars |
| Order of Secretary of State (No. 9), dated June 23 1919, relating to Compressed Acetylene contained in a Porous Substance f18 | |||
| Condition (6) | Maximum pressure in a cylinder of acetylene | two hundred and twenty-five pounds to the square inch | 15.5 bars |
| Related temperature | sixty degrees Fahrenheit | 15 degrees Celsius | |
| Proviso to condition (6) | Volume of certain cylinders | one cubic foot | 30 litres |
| Maximum pressure to which such cylinders may be charged | one hundred and fifty pounds to the square inch | 10 bars | |
| Related temperature | sixty degrees Fahrenheit | 15 degrees Celsius | |
| Condition (7) | Volume of certain cylinders | one cubic foot | 30 litres |
| Maximum pressure allowed in such cylinders | two hundred and twenty-five pounds to the square inch | 15.5 bars | |
| Condition (11) | Volume of cylinders required to have certain markings | one cubic foot | 30 litres |
| Order of Secretary of State (No. 11), dated September 20 1924), making Byelaws as to the Conveyance of Explosives on Roads and in certain special cases f19 | |||
| Byelaw 1f20 | Amount below which explosive may be conveyed in a passenger-carrying carriage or boat | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms |
| Byelaw 2: paragraph (a) of the proviso | Minimum space between case and outer package of detonators | three inches | 75 millimetres |
| Byelaw 2: paragraph (b) of the proviso | Minimum thickness of soft material for outer packages of electric detonators | half an inch | 13 millimetres |
| Byelaw 4 | Quantity of certain explosives above which byelaw applies | 5 lbs. | 2 kilograms |
| Byelaw 4; regulation (k) | Maximum quantity of explosive which may be carried with flammables etc. | 50 lbs. | 25 kilograms |
| Byelaw 4; regulation (l) | Quantity of explosive above which delay in conveyance is not allowed | 100 lbs. | 50 kilograms |
| Byelaw 4: regulation (m) | Quantity of explosive above which precautions must be taken against the introduction of fire-producing objects etc. | 100 lbs. | 50 kilograms |
| Byelaw 4 : regulation (n) | Quantity of explosive above which personnel must be acquainted with byelaws | 100 lbs. | 50 kilograms |
| Byelaw 4: regulation (o) | Quantity of explosive which when exceeded during conveyance in towns and villages must be attended by a competent person | 100 lbs. | 50 kilograms |
| Quantity of explosive which when exceeded elsewhere must be attended by a competent person | 1,000 lbs. | 500 kilograms | |
| Byelaw 4: regulation (p) | Maximum quantity of explosive to be conveyed in a carriage or boat with unprotected stowage | 2,000 lbs. | 1 tonne |
| Maximum quantity of explosive to be conveyed on a private railway in an enclosed carriage | 16,000 lbs.f21 | 8 tonnes | |
| Maximum quantity of explosive to be conveyed in any one boat with a close deck | 50,000 lbs. | 25 tonnes | |
| Maximum calibre of quick firing ammunition | 3-inch | 77 millimetres | |
| Limit that may be exceeded by non-communicating explosives | 2,000 lbs. | 1 tonne | |
| Maximum quantity of non-communicating explosives allowed in one carriage | 10,000 lbs. | 5 tonnes | |
| Byelaw 4: regulation (q) | Minimum distance between carriages or boats containing explosive | 50 yards | 50 metres |
| The Control of Explosives Order 1953f22 | |||
| Schedule | Quantity of gunpowder specified in licence and the endorsement thereon | pounds | kilograms |
| Quantity of safety-fuze specified in licence and the endorsement thereon | pounds | kilograms | |
| The Keeping of Fireworks Order 1959 | |||
| Article 3(2) | Quantity of fireworks kept in Mode B above which a closed metal container shall be used | one hundred pounds | 50 kilograms |
| Maximum quantity of fireworks to be kept in any one container | one hundred pounds | 50 kilograms | |
| Schedule | Maximum quantity of “Shop Goods”—Mode A | 2,000 lbs. | 1,000 kilograms |
| Maximum quantity of explosive of Class 6 Division 1—Mode A | 500 lbs. | 250 kilograms | |
| Maximum quantity of “Shop Goods”—Mode B | 500 lbs. | 250 kilograms | |
| Maximum quantity of explosive of Class 6 Division 1—Mode B | 500 lbs. | 250 kilograms | |
| Maximum quantity of explosives in room to which the public have access etc. | 100 lbs. | 50 kilograms |
Annotations
Footnotes
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5th August 1875 (Rev. VII, p. 1); the relevant amending instrument is Order in Council (No. 1A) dated December 12th 1891, S.R. & O. 1891 p. 277.
- f2
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27th November 1875 (Rev. VII, p. 10); the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1951/1164.
- f3
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Amount substituted by S.I. 1951/1164.
- f4
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27th November 1875 (Rev. VII, p. 14), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
- f5
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27th November 1875 (Rev. VII, p. 26), the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1951/1163.
- f6
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Amount substituted by S.I. 1951/1163.
- f7
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Amount substituted by S.I. 1951/1163.
- f8
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27th November 1875 (Rev. VII, p. 39).
- f9
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27th November 1875 (Rev. VII, p. 42).
- f10
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20th April 1883 (Rev. VII, p. 43), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
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S.R.&O. 1896/964, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Schedule.
- f12
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S.R.&O. 1906/380 .
- f13
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S.R.&O. 1926/823 .
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to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
- f15
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S.R.&O. 1937/54; the relevant amending instrument is S.R.&O. 1947/805.
- f16
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S.R.&O. 1898/248.
- f17
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S.R.&O. 1905/1128.
- f18
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S.R.&O. 1919/809, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
- f19
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S.R.&O. 1924/1129; relevant amending instruments are S.R.&O. 1943/1252 and S.I. 1960/1347.
- f20
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Byelaw substituted by S.R.&O. 1943/1252.
- f21
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Amount substituted by S.I. 1960/1347.
- f22
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, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.