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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

11. Every building in which explosives are kept, or are intended to be kept, shall be deemed a danger building, and shall be used only for the keeping of explosives, and the tools or implements for work connected with the keeping of such explosives. The interior of every danger building, and the benches, shelves, and fittings therein, shall be so constructed, or so lined or covered, as to prevent the exposure of any iron or steel, or the detaching of any grit, iron, steel, or similar substance in such manner that such iron, steel, or grit, or similar substance may come into contact with explosives or any ingredients thereof in such danger building; and the interior of every such danger building, and the benches, shelves, and fittings therein, shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be kept free from grit and otherwise clean.

12. Every danger building shall be protected by sufficient lightning-conductors.

13. No charcoal, whether ground or otherwise, or oiled cotton, or oiled rags, or oiled waste, or any article whatever liable to spontaneous ignition, shall be taken into any danger building.

14. There shall be constantly kept affixed to every danger building, either outside or inside, in such manner as to be easily read, a statement of the quantities of explosives or ingredients allowed to be in the building, and a copy of these regulations to be affixed thereto, and of such part of the license for the magazine as appears to specially apply to such danger building.

15. Before repairs are done to or in any room, or in other part of a danger building, that room or part shall, so far as practicable, be cleaned by the removal therefrom of all explosives, and of any wholly or partly mixed ingredients thereof, and by the thorough washing-out of such room or part; and such room or part of the building, after being so cleaned, shall not be deemed to be a danger building within the meaning of these regulations until explosives, or any wholly or partly mixed ingredients thereof, are again taken into it. Except after such cleaning, all tools and implements used in any repairs to or in any danger building shall be made only of wood, or copper, or brass, or some soft metal or material, or shall be covered with some safe and suitable material.

16. Due provision shall be made, by the use of suitable working-clothes without pockets, suitable shoes, searching, and otherwise, or by some of such means, for preventing the introduction into any danger building of fire, lucifer matches, or any substance or article likely to cause explosion or fire, and for preventing the introduction of any iron, steel, or grit into any part of the magazine where it would be likely to come into contact with explosives, or any wholly or partly mixed ingredients thereof; but this rule shall not prevent the introduction of an artificial light of such construction, position, or character as not to cause any danger of fire or explosion. Due precaution must be taken to exclude water from every danger building.

17. No person shall smoke in any part of the magazine.

18. Every carriage, boat, or other receptacle in which explosives, or any wholly or partly mixed ingredients thereof, are conveyed from one building to another in a magazine, or from any such building to any place outside of such magazine, shall be constructed without any exposed iron or steel in the interior thereof, and shall contain only the explosives and ingredients, and shall be closed or otherwise properly covered over; and the explosives and ingredients shall be so conveyed with all due diligence, and with such precautions and in such manner as will sufficiently guard against any accidental ignition or explosion.

19. No person under the age of sixteen years shall be employed in or enter any danger building except in the presence of, and under the supervision of, some person of full age.

20. Nothing in these regulations shall prevent coal or other fuel being taken on board any hulk or other floating vessel used as a magazine, provided the maximum quantity to be kept on board at any one time is specified in the license, and stored in some safe place with free and sufficient ventilation, and with all due precautions against ignition, whether spontaneous or otherwise, and provided the place where such fuel is to be consumed shall be approved by an Inspector:

21. There shall not be kept in any magazine licensed for the storage of explosives any—
    (a.) Explosive of the Fifth (Fulminate) Class.
    (b.) Explosive which is not for the time being either authorised to be manufactured for general sale or authorised to be imported.

22. If two or more explosives are kept in the same magazine they shall be separated from each other by such intervening partition of such substance and character, or by such intervening space, as will effectively prevent explosion or fire in the one communicating with the other, subject, nevertheless, to the following qualifications:—
    (a.) The various explosives of Class I., Class II., of Class III. (amberite and cordite sporting-ammunition only), of Class VI., all explosives of the First Division, and such of those belonging to the Second Division as do not contain any exposed iron or steel, may be kept in the same magazine.
    (b.) The various explosives of Class III. shall not be kept in the same building with the explosives enumerated under the above section (a), with the exception of amberite and cordite sporting-ammunition, as already provided for, but are to be stored in a separate magazine, which shall be used only for the storage of explosives of Class III.
    (c.) Explosives of Class IV. shall not be stored in any magazine.
    (d.) Explosives of Class V. (with the exception of the Second Division thereof, the explosives of which shall not be received into any magazine), Class VI., Class VII., may be kept in the same magazine, provided that explosives of the different classes be separated from each other by such intervening partitions or spaces as are described in the first paragraph of this section.

23. The licensee of every magazine, and every person employed in and about the same, shall take all due precaution for the prevention of accidents by fire or explosion in the same, and for preventing unauthorised persons having access to the magazine or to the explosives therein, and shall abstain from any act whatever which tends to cause fire or explosion, and is not reasonably necessary for the purpose of the work in such magazine.

24. Every licensee of a magazine shall, with the sanction of the Minister, make special rules for the regulation of the persons managing or employed in or about such magazine, with a view to secure the observance of these regulations therein, and the safety and proper discipline of the said persons, and the safety of the public.

25. The licensee may, and if required by the Minister shall, with the sanction of the Minister, repeal, alter, or add to any special rules made in pursuance of the preceding clause.

26. No explosive shall be received into any magazine unless the outermost package or covering be branded, labelled, or marked with the name of the explosive contained therein, and the name and address of the manufacturer thereof.

27. While any explosive, other than explosive of the First Division of the Sixth (Ammunition) Class, is being received or delivered, or while the hatches or door of any danger building, or the hatches or coverings of any vessel, barge, or craft, which contains any such explosive are open, no fire, unprotected lights, or smoking shall be allowed; and when any vessel, barge, or craft having on board a fire, other than engine-fire properly banked up, or unprotected lights, is alongside a magazine containing any explosive other than explosive of the First Division of the Sixth (Ammunition) Class, or in its immediate vicinity, no receipt or delivery of explosive shall be carried on, and the hatches or door of any danger building shall not be open.

28. A danger building shall be deemed to be every building or place in which any explosive is kept or present; and every building in which explosive or any ingredient thereof which either by itself is possessed of explosive properties, or which when mixed with any other ingredient or article also present in such building is capable of forming an explosive mixture or an explosive compound, is kept, or present, or in the course of manufacture is liable to be, shall, unless specially exempted by the license or by an order of an Inspector, be deemed to be a danger building.

29. Magazine shall include any building, chamber, hulk, or floating vessel, or place set apart exclusively for the storage of explosives.

30. The person to whom a license has been issued under these regulations shall be called “the licensee,” and shall be deemed to be the keeper of the magazine.

31. Wherever in these regulations an explosive is distinguished as belonging to a particular class or division of a class, reference is made to the classification of explosives contained in an order of the Governor in Council made in pursuance of section 17 of “The Explosives Act, 1882,” and section 3 of “The Explosives Act Amendment Act, 1897,” dated the 6th day of June, 1898.

32. The above regulations shall not apply to magazines erected by the Government solely for the storage of explosives imported for Government use.

33. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall, unless other provision is made to the contrary, be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds in respect of each offence. And it is hereby declared that these regulations shall come into force on and after the 15th day of January instant.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

D. 99/3636]

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer Wellington.