{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-regulations-2014/regulation-64",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-regulations-2014/regulation-64.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1638",
  "legislation_title": "The Explosives Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/64",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Prohibition on improper use of UK marking",
  "text": "(1) An economic operator must not affix the UK marking to a civil explosive unless—\n(a) that economic operator is the manufacturer; and\n(b) the conformity of the civil explosive with the essential safety requirements has been demonstrated by a relevant conformity assessment procedure.\n(2) An economic operator must not affix to a civil explosive a marking (other than the UK marking) which purports to attest that the civil explosive is in conformity with the essential safety requirements.\n(3) An economic operator must not affix to a civil explosive a marking, sign or inscription which is likely to mislead any other person as to the meaning or form of the UK marking.\n(4) An economic operator must not affix to a civil explosive any other marking if the visibility, legibility and meaning of the UK marking would be impaired as a result.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 13 (regs. 39-77) substituted for Pt. 13 (regs. 39-42) (and therefore original regs. 43, 44 renumbered as new regs. 78, 79, new reg. 80 substituted for original reg. 45 and original regs. 46-49 renumbered as new regs. 81-84) (20.4.2016) by The Explosives Regulations 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/315), regs. 1, 7, 8, 9 (with regs. 2(1), 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 64 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 16 para. 22 (with Sch. 16 para. 29) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 64 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 16 para. 22 (with Sch. 16 para. 29) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1638/regulation/64",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:11.455629+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."
}