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Paragraph 5 Explosives

United Kingdom

Any unintentional—

(a)

fire, explosion or ignition at a site where the manufacture or storage of explosives requires a licence F1under regulations 6 or 7 of the Explosives Regulations 2014; or

(b)

explosion or ignition of explosives (unless caused by the unintentional discharge of a weapon, where, apart from that unintentional discharge, the weapon and explosives functioned as they were designed to),

except where a fail-safe device or safe system of work prevented any person being endangered as a result of the fire, explosion or ignition.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 2 para. 5(a) substituted (1.10.2014) by The Explosives Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1638), reg. 1(1), Sch. 13 para. 31(b)