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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marking-of-plastic-explosive-for-detection-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/262",
  "legislation_title": "The Marking of Plastic Explosive for Detection Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marking-of-plastic-explosive-for-detection-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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—\n(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;\n(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;\n(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\n(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.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 2 in operation at 31.7.1997, see reg. 1"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/262/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T03:32:03.788259+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."
}