Regulation 14 Training and instruction of drivers and attendants

(1)

The operator of a vehicle used for the carriage of explosives shall ensure that the driver and any attendant have received adequate training and instruction to enable them to understand–

(a)

the nature of the dangers to which the explosives carried may give rise and the action to be taken in an emergency;

(b)

their duties under these Regulations and under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

(2)

The operator shall keep a record of such training and instruction received–

(a)

by himself, if he is a driver or attendant; and

(b)

by drivers and attendants in his employment, to whom a copy shall be made available.

(3)

This regulation shall not apply to the carriage of–

(a)

any explosives specified in Part I of Schedule 1;

(b)

gunpowder or smokeless powder, or a mixture of them, if the total quantity of such explosives does not exceed 5 kilograms; or

(c)

any explosives specified in Part II of Schedule 1, if the quantity of such explosives does not exceed 50 kilograms, except that if other explosives are being carried pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) above in the same vehicle, the total quantity of explosives carried pursuant to that sub-paragraph and this sub-paragraph shall not exceed 50 kilograms.