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6. The conditions under which a license shall be issued to any carriage or lighter under these regulations shall be as hereafter specified—viz., there shall not be any iron or steel in the interior of the portion of the carriage or lighter where the explosive is to be deposited, unless such interior be covered either permanently or temporarily with leather, wood, cloth, wadmill tilts, or other suitable material.

7. Every carriage and every lighter shall be closed or otherwise properly covered over while explosives are being conveyed from one place to another, and the person in charge thereof shall convey the same with due diligence to its destination, and shall take such precautions as shall sufficiently guard against accidental ignition or explosion.

8. The book required to be kept by section 2 of “The Sale of Explosives Act, 1906,” shall be in the form B set forth in the First Schedule of Part II of these regulations.

9. Every person who (a) carries explosives without a license or in a manner contrary to these regulations; or (b) uses an unlicensed lighter for the carriage of explosives, or uses any lighter, licensed or otherwise, laden in a manner contrary to these regulations, shall severely be liable to a fine not exceeding £20.

10. Every person who—
    (a.) Manufactures explosives without a license;
    (b.) Stores explosives without a license;
    (c.) Sells explosives, for which a license to sell is required, without a license, or sells explosives improperly marked,

is liable to the penalties set forth under the Explosives Acts.

SCHEDULE.

SCALE OF FEES FOR LICENSES.
(Payable annually.—To come into force on and from 1st day of January, 1908.)

1. For a license to carry explosives .. .. £ s. d.
   0 10 0
2. For a lighter engaged in carrying explosives .. 0 10 0
3. For a license to sell the explosives specified in Part I, Schedule I, Classes 2, 3, 4, 5, and Divisions 2 and 3 of Class 6 of these regulations .. .. 0 5 0
4. For the manufacture of explosives .. .. 2 0 0
5. For the manufacture of fireworks only* .. 1 0 0
6. To keep a private magazine to store 2,000 lb. of explosives and under .. .. 1 0 0
7. To keep a private magazine to store over 2,000 lb. of explosives .. .. 2 0 0

Licenses for Nos. 1 to 3 in the above scale may be obtained direct from a Collector of Customs. Nos. 4 to 7 can only be obtained on application to the Minister, but shall be issued through a Collector of Customs, who shall collect the required fee before delivery of the license.

SCALE OF FEES FOR ANALYSIS.
For each sample of explosive submitted to the heat test at the instance of the importer .. .. £ s. d.
0 5 0
For a complete analysis of an explosive authorised to be imported .. .. 1 1 0
For an examination of a new explosive submitted with a view of being placed on the authorised list 3 3 0
For a certificate as to the condition of any shipment 0 10 6

NOTE.—Fees for analysis may be paid either direct to an Inspector of Explosives, who shall give an official receipt for the same, or to a Collector of Customs.

[Form B.
RECORD OF SALES, REQUIRED UNDER “THE SALE OF EXPLOSIVES ACT, 1906” (SECTION 2).

Explosives received.

Explosives sold.

NOTE.—This shall not apply to the manufacture of coloured fire by registered pharmaceutical chemists.

PART III. — Inspection, Manufacture, and Storage of Explosives.

INSPECTION OF EXPLOSIVES.

Regulations.

1. Every danger building, whether public or private, wherein is stored any explosive other than Government property shall at all hours during the working-day be open to inspection by an Inspector of Explosives. He may at his discretion open any case or package of explosives therein and remove therefrom such sample of its contents as will enable him to make such chemical or other examination thereof as shall satisfy him of the good and safe condition or otherwise of such explosives. He shall give such orders and directions to the keeper of the danger building regarding the stowage and disposal of the explosives therein contained as may in his judgment appear to be necessary.

2. In case of explosives being found by any Inspector of Explosives to have deteriorated in quality, or suffered chemical change, or become otherwise damaged by long storage, heat, damp, or any other cause affecting their safety or value as explosives, the Inspector shall, subject to the approval of the Minister, and after notifying the owner thereof, remove such explosives from the danger building, and shall at once destroy, or cause to be destroyed, all explosives so condemned; and the owner thereof shall have no claim against the Minister for the value of the explosives so destroyed.

3. If packages containing explosives, stored in a public or private danger building, shall be found by such Inspector to be, in his opinion, so far damaged as to be unfit for their original purpose, he may order the same to be repaired, renewed, or replaced, as he shall think fit, at the cost of the owner thereof; and in case of the owner’s refusal or neglect so to do he may cause the necessary repairs to be done at the cost of the owner.

4. Any proprietor or keeper of a danger building refusing to admit an Inspector of Explosives to the danger building under his charge, or neglecting forthwith to obey or carry into effect any order or directions given by an Inspector of Explosives concerning such danger building or its contents, shall be liable to a penalty as hereinafter provided.

5. In the event of any explosives of Class III, whether stored in a public or private danger building, or in the keeping of any person for his own use or for sale, being found to be spoiled, or unfit or unsafe for use, the owner of such damaged explosives shall at once notify the nearest Inspector of Explosives thereof, who shall himself take immediate steps for the destruction or safe disposal thereof, or instruct some competent person so to do, at the cost of the owner.

6. Any owner of explosives of Class I, Class II, Class III, having reason to believe that such explosives in his possession have become unreliable or unsafe, may have the same tested by an Inspector of Explosives on a payment of 5s. being tendered along with and for each sample to be tested; and the Inspector’s report thereon shall be conclusive evidence of the state or condition of such sample.

MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVES.

Regulations.

1. A factory for the manufacture of explosives shall not be allowed except on the site and in the manner specified in a license for the same granted under these regulations.

2. Applications for licenses for factories must be made to the Minister, and must be accompanied by a draft of the proposed license, including a plan (drawn to scale) of the proposed factory and the site thereof (which plan shall be deemed to form part of and to be in these regulations included in the expression “the license”).

3. The draft license shall set forth the conditions which the applicant desires the license to contain, and shall specify such of the following matters as are applicable, namely:—
   (a.) The boundaries of the land forming the site of the factory, 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 any part thereof, and other buildings or works;
   (b.) The situation, character, and construction of all the mounds, buildings, and works on the site of or connected with the factory, and the distances thereof from each other;
   (c.) The nature of the processes to be carried on in the factory and in each part thereof, and the place at which each process of the manufacture, and each description of work connected with the factory, is to be carried on, and the places in the factory at which explosives and any ingredients of explosives, and any articles liable to spontaneous ignition, or inflammable, or otherwise dangerous, are to be kept.