Regulation 19 Refusal of an explosives certificate
A chief officer of police must not issue an explosives certificate to a person if the chief officer of police is satisfied that the person is of unsound mind or intemperate habit.
A chief officer of police must not issue an explosives certificate to a person unless the chief officer of police is satisfied that—
the person has good reason for acquiring the relevant explosives;
the person is a responsible person who may be permitted to acquire the relevant explosives without danger to public safety or peace;
the person will take all reasonable precautions to prevent access to the relevant explosives by unauthorised persons and to prevent loss of those explosives;
the person is not a prohibited person;
where the person is a body corporate, no director or secretary of the body corporate, and where the person is a Scottish firm, no partner in the firm, is a prohibited person;
where the application is for an explosives certificate relating only to acquisition of relevant explosives—
it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to be an occupier of a site for the storage of relevant explosives for which the person would be required to have a licence, and
either the relevant explosives will not be kept, or, if kept, the applicant will ensure that they are kept at a site where such storage is permitted pursuant to a licence or at a site occupied by the Secretary of State having responsibility for defence; and
where the application is for an explosives certificate relating to the keeping of relevant explosives, either—
the applicant will ensure that the relevant explosives are kept at a site where the storage is permitted pursuant to a licence;
the relevant explosives will be kept at a site occupied on behalf of the Crown, or
in the case where the applicant does not hold a licence in respect of the storage of the relevant explosives, no licence is required to be held by the applicant in respect of that storage by virtue of regulation 7(2).