Regulation 5 Design and construction of packagings

(1)

All packagings shall be so designed and constructed that—

(a)

they will—

(i)

protect the explosives,

(ii)

prevent the explosives escaping, and

(iii)

cause no increase in the risk of unintended ignition,

when subjected to normal conditions of carriage including foreseeable changes in temperature, humidity and pressure;

(b)

the complete package can be handled safely in normal conditions of carriage;

(c)

the packagings will withstand any loading imposed on them by foreseeable stacking to which they will be subject during carriage so that they do not add to the risk presented by the explosives, the packagings' containment function is not harmed, and they are not distorted in a way or to an extent which will reduce their strength or cause instability of a stack;

(d)

any inner packagings and the interior of all outer packagings are free from grit or rust;

(e)

they do not contain or have attached to them any incompatible material, that is to say any material which, if it came into contact with the explosive substance would be capable of reacting with the explosive substance in a way which would increase the risk of unintended ignition.

(2)

It is hereby declared that any requirement mentioned in paragraph (1) of this regulation which falls within any more general requirement mentioned therein is without prejudice to the more general requirement.