Regulation 9 Amendment of the Quarries Regulations 1999

in regulation 2(1), by substituting for the definition of “explosives” the following definitions—

• “explosive article” means an article containing one or more explosive substances;

• “explosive substance” means—

  1. (a)

     a solid or liquid substance; or

  2. (b)

     a mixture of solid or liquid substances or both, which is capable by chemical reaction in itself of producing gas at such a temperature and pressure and at such a speed as could cause damage to surroundings or which is designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of these as a result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions;

• “explosives” means explosive articles or explosive substances;

in regulation 33(4) by substituting, for the word “undertaken”, the word “completed”;

in regulation 45(4) by substituting, for the word “(2)”, the word “(3)”.