( b.) The situation, character, and construction of all the mounds, buildings, and works on or connected with the factory or magazine, and the distances thereof from each other and ( a.) The boundaries of the land forming the site of the factory or magazine and either any belt of land surrounding the site which is to be kept clear, and the buildings and works from which it is to be kept clear, or the distances to be maintained between the factory or magazine, or any part thereof, and other buildings and works and The draft license shall contain the terms which the applicant proposes to have inserted in the license, and shall specify such of the following matters as are applicable namely, Licensing of Factories and Magazines for Gunpowder.Īpplication for license for new factory or magazine.Ħ.A new factory or magazine for gunpowder shall not be established except on the site and in the manner specified in a license for the same granted under this Act.Īn applicant for such a license shall submit to the Secretary of State the draft of a license accompanied by a plan (drawn to scale) of the proposed factory or magazine, and the site thereof (which plan shall be deemed to form part of and to be in this Act included in the expression “ the license”). (2.) The occupier of such place, and also the owner of, or other person guilty of keeping the gunpowder, shall each be liable to a penalty not exceeding two shillings for every pound of gunpowder so kept. (1.) All or any part of the gunpowder found in such place may be forfeited and Where any gunpowder is kept in an unauthorised place. (2.) To the keeping of any gunpowder by a carrier or other person for the purpose of conveyance, when the same is being conveyed or kept in accordance with the provisions of this Act with respect to the conveyance of gunpowder.Īny gunpowder kept in any place other than as above in this section mentioned shall be deemed to be kept in an unauthorised place. (1.) To a person keeping for his private use and not for sale gunpowder to an amount not exceeding on the same premises thirty pounds or Provided that this section shall not apply. (3.) Except in premises registered under this Act for keeping gunpowder. (2.) Except in a magazine or store for gunpowder either lawfully existing or licensed under this Act for keeping gunpowder or (1.) Except in the factory (either lawfully existing or licensed for the same under this Act) in which it is manufactured or Gunpowder (except for private use) to be kept only in existing or new magazine or store, or in registered premises.ĥ.Gunpowder shall not be kept at any place except as follows that is to say, The person so manufacturing shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds a day for every day during which he so manufactures. All or any part of the gunpowder or the ingredients of gunpowder which may be found either in or about such place or in the possession or under the control of any person convicted under this section, may be forfeited andĢ. Where gunpowder is manufactured at an unauthorised place-ġ. If any person manufactures gunpowder or carries on any process of such manufacture at any place at which he is not allowed by this section so to do, he shall be deemed to manufacture gunpowder at an unauthorised place. Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the making of a small quantity of gunpowder for the purpose of chemical experiment and not for practical use or for sale. Gunpowder to be manufactured only at factory lawfully existing or licensed under this Act.Ĥ.The manufacture of gunpowder shall not, nor shall any process of such manufacture, be carried on except at a factory for gunpowder either lawfully existing or licensed for the same under this Act. General Law as to Manufacture and Keeping of Gunpowder. (2.) Includes fog-signals, fireworks, fuzes, rockets, percussion caps, detonators, cartridges, ammunition of all descriptions, and every adaptation or preparation of an explosive as above defined. (1.) Means gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gun-cotton, blasting powders, fulminate of mercury or of other metals, coloured fires, and every other substance, whether similar to those above-mentioned or not, used or manufactured with a view to produce a practical effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effect and ġ.This Act may be cited as “The Explosives Act, 1875.”ģ.This Act shall apply to gunpowder and other explosives as defined by this section. An Act to amend the Law with respect to manufacturing, keeping, selling, carrying, and importing Gunpowder, Nitro-glycerine, and other Explosive Substances.
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