New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 69

Page 2933

✨ Explosives Regulations



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Class. Method of packing. Amount in any one
Outer Package.		 Amount in any one
Inner Package.
(b.) Exceeding 1,000 detonators :—The detonators shall
be packed in inner packages with sawdust and cotton
wool as above described. Such inner packages shall
be placed inside a substantial case of wood or metal
made and closed so as to prevent any of the inner
packages escaping therefrom, and such case shall be
placed inside an outer package in such manner and
so secured as to leave a clear space of not less than
3 in. between the case and every part of the interior
of the said outer package; notwithstanding that such
clear space may, if preferred, be filled with sawdust,
straw, or other similar material, or may contain a
light framework or battens of wood to keep the case
aforesaid in position in the outer package; and		 10,000 in number 100 in number.
Electric detonators As for Class 1 : Provided that where the number in
any outer package exceeds 3,000 such outer package
shall be provided with handles or other contrivance
by means of which it can be safely and conveniently
carried		 5,000 in number 100 in number.
Class 7, Division 1 Double package, the inner package being hermetically
closed and contained in an outer package as above
defined		 20 lb.... 1 lb.
Class 7, Divisions 2
and 3		 Single outer package : Provided that the above General
Rule No. 3 shall not apply to explosives of this division		 100 lb.

(6.) Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to prohibit the use of an additional
package, whether inner or outer, provided that such additional package shall not be of such
character as shall have been prohibited in writing by an Inspector of Explosives.

(7.) An explosive which is not an authorized explosive shall be packed in such manner as
may be directed by a special authority with reference to such explosive.

(8.) On the outer package there shall be affixed in conspicuous characters by means of a brand
or securely attached label or other mark the word “Explosive,” the name of the explosive, the
number of the class and division to which it belongs, and the name of the manufacturer or
sender. In the case of explosives of Classes 3 and 4 there shall be added the date of manufacture
or issue from the factory, or such sign indicating such date, as may be approved by an Inspector
of Explosives : Provided that in the case of cartridges or charges for cannon, shell, mines, blasting,
ing, or other like purpose which do not contain their own means of ignition the marking shall
be as for the explosive when not so made up: Provided also that in the case of explosives of
Class 6, Division 1, there shall be added the words “Not liable to explode in bulk”': Provided
also that in the case of pin-fire cartridges for pistols there shall be added the words “Pin-fire
Cartridges”': Provided also that in the case of gunpowder the word “Explosive”' and the
number of the class and the division may be omitted: Provided also that where an outer package
contains more than one explosive the marking above required shall be affixed separately in respect
of each explosive so contained.

(9.) To meet special cases exemption may be granted by special authority from the observance of any one or more of the conditions imposed by these rules.

  1. The occupier of and every person employed in and about the factory shall take all due precaution for the prevention of accidents by fire or explosion in the same, and for preventing unauthorized persons having access to the factory or any part thereof, 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 factory.

  2. No fire or light shall under any circumstances be taken inside any building forming part of a factory (other than those specified by an Inspector of Explosives), nor any light except a lantern approved for that purpose by an Inspector of Explosives, and such lantern shall be so taken only by the foreman. All persons entering the factory, and before passing within the fencing thereof, shall examine their clothes to see that they have no matches or other dangerous articles in their pockets or about their persons, and the occupier shall satisfy himself that such examination is carefully carried out, and that all persons employed in the factory are duly searched from time to time.

  3. The keys of all danger buildings in connection with the factory shall remain in charge of a person duly authorized in writing by the occupier, and shall be at any time available if required by an Inspector of Explosives.

  4. The occupier shall cause to be kept a stock-book for each factory-magazine, showing at all times the quantities in store, and showing also the quantities taken in and out, and the dates and times at which the same are taken in and out, and by whom. All such stock-books shall be at any time available if required by an Inspector of Explosives.

  5. No broken or defective cases or boxes containing explosives shall be admitted into the magazines, nor shall any explosive be admitted which is not packed in the manner directed in these regulations. Any explosive which may be spilt shall at once be carefully taken up and destroyed.



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⚖️ Regulations under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908 (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
27 July 1914
Explosives, Regulations, Dangerous Goods, Classification, Storage, Importation, Packing Methods