Paragraph 2 I1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

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

Sch. para. 1 coming into force by Marking of Plastic Explosive for Detection 1996 reg. 1
Sch. para. 2 coming into force by Marking of Plastic Explosive for Detection 1996 reg. 1
Sch. para. 3 coming into force by Marking of Plastic Explosive for Detection 1996 reg. 1
Sch. Pt. II coming into force by Marking of Plastic Explosive for Detection 1996 reg. 1

The following explosives, even though meeting the description of explosives in paragraph 1 of this Part, shall not be considered to be explosives for the purposes of these Regulations as long as their manufacture or possession continues to be to a quantity and for a purpose specified in any of the sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of this paragraph or they continue to satisfy the description specified in sub-paragraph (d) of this paragraph, namely any explosive—

(a)

the manufacture or possession of which is to a quantity no greater than is necesssary for the purpose of and is solely for use in lawful research, development or testing of new or modified explosives;

(b)

the manufacture or possession of which is to a quantity no greater than is necessary for the purpose of and is solely for use in lawful training in explosives detection or development or testing of explosives detection equipment;

(c)

the manufacture or possession of which is to a quantity no greater than is necessary for the purpose and is solely for the purpose of lawful forensic science; or

(d)

which is manufactured in the United Kingdom and destined to be incorporated as an integral part of an authorised military device in the United Kingdom before the date which is 3 years after the coming into operation of these Regulations.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 2 in operation at 31.7.1997, see reg. 1