Explosives Act 1875
Explosives Act 1875 (1875 c. 17)
- Explosives Act 1875 (1875 c. 17)
- 1 Short title.
- 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 3 Substances to which this Act applies.
- General Law as to Manufacture and Keeping of Gunpowder
- 4 Gunpowder to be manufactured only at factory lawfully existing or licensed under this Act.
- 5 Gunpowder (except for private use) to be kept only in existing or new magazine or store, or in registered premises.
- ... Gunpowder (except for private use) to be kept only in existing or new magazine or store, or in registered premises.
- Licensing of Factories and Magazines for Gunpowder
- 6 Application for license for new factory or magazine.
- 7 Application for assent of local authority to site of new factory or magazine.
- 8 Grant and confirmation of license.
- Regulation of Factories and Magazines for Gunpowder
- 9 Regulation of factories and magazines for gunpowder.
- 10 General rules for factories and magazines.
- 11 Special rules for regulation of workmen in factory or magazineb.
- Supplemental as to Factories and Magazines for Gunpowder
- 12 Alteration of terms of license and enlargement of factory or magazine.
- 13 Devolution and determination of license.
- Application of Act to existing Factories and Magazines for Gunpowder
- 14 Continuing certificate for existing factories and magazines.
- Consumers Stores for Gunpowder Licensing and Regulation of Stores
- 15 Store license to be obtained from local authority.
- 16 Order in Council prescribing situation and construction of stores.
- 17 General rules for stores.
- 18 Non–transferability, renewal, and forms of store licenses.
- 19 Special rules for regulation of workmen in stores.
- Application of Act to existing Stores for Gunpowder
- 20 Definition of and continuing certificate for existing stores which are to be subject to this Act.
- Retail Dealing with Gunpowder Registration and Regulation of Registered Premises
- 21 Registration of premises with local authority.
- 22 General rules for registered premises.
- Supplemental Provisions
- 23 Precautions against unauthorised access
- 24 Explanation as to quantities of gunpowder allowed in buildings.
- 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 26 Fees for licenses.
- 27 Adjoining places occupied together to be one place.
- 28 Register of store licenses and registered premises to be kept by local authority.
- 29 Provision in case of death, &c. of occupier of store or registered premises.
- Sale of Gunpowder
- 30 Restriction on sale of gunpowder in highways, &c.
- 31 Penalty for sale of gunpowder to children.
- 32 Sale of gunpowder to be in closed packages labelled.
- Conveyance of Gunpowder
- 33 General rules as to packing of gunpowder for conveyance.
- 34 Byelaws by harbour authority as to conveyance, loading, &c. of gunpowder.
- 35 Byelaws by railway and canal company as to conveyance, loading, &c. of gunpowder.
- 36 Byelaws as to wharves in which gunpowder is loaded or unloaded.
- 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 38 Confirmation and publication of byelaws.
- Application of Part I. to other Explosives
- 39 Part I. relating to gunpowder applied to other explosives.
- 40 Modification of Part I. as applied to explosives other than gunpowder.
- 41 Exception of safety cartridges
- 41 Exemption of making and carrying safety cartridges for private use.
- 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Specially dangerous Explosives
- 43 Power to prohibit manufacture, importation, storage, and carriage of specially dangerous explosives.
- Provisions in favour of certain Manufacturers and Dealers
- 44 Provision in favour of makers, &c. of blasting cartridges.
- 45 Provision in favour of makers of new explosive for experiment.
- 46 Provision in favour of gunmakers, &c. making cartridges.
- 47 Provision in favour of owners of mines and quarries, as to making charges, &c. for blasting.
- 48 Provision in favour of small firework manufacturer who may obtain a license from the local authority.
- 49 †Licensing by local authority and regulation of small firework factories.
- 50 Keeping without a license and conveyance of percussion caps, &c.
- Existing Factories, Magazines, and Stores
- 51 Application of Part I. of the Act to existing factories and magazines.
- 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Government Supervision
- 53—57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 58 Inspection by railway inspectors or inspectors of Board of Trade.
- 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 60 †License and special rules certified by Government inspector to be evidence.
- 61 †Keeping and carriage of samples by Government inspector.
- 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Accidents
- 63 Notice to be given of accidents connected with explosive.
- 64 Reconstruction of buildings destroyed by accident.
- Local Supervision
- 67 Definition of local authority.
- 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 69 †Duty of local authority and power of officer.
- 70 Expenses of local authority.
- Power of Local Authority to provide Carriages and Magazines
- 71 Undertaking of carriage by harbour authority and canal company.
- 72 Provision of magazines by local authority.
- General Power of Search
- 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 74 Seizure and detention of explosives liable to forfeiture.
- 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 76 ...
- Supplemental Provisions
- 77 Penalty on and removal of trespassers.
- 78 Arrest without warrant of persons committing dangerous offences.
- 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 80 Penalty for throwing fireworks in thoroughfare.
- 81 ...
- 82 †Punishment for defacing notices.
- 83 Provisions as to Orders in Council and orders of Secretary of State.
- 84 Publication of byelaws, notices, &c.
- 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 86 Construction of enactments referring to powers of searching for gunpowder.
- Legal Proceedings
- 87, 88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 89 Supplemental provisions as to forfeiture of explosive.
- 90 Jurisdiction in tidal waters or on boundaries.
- 91 Prosecution of offences either summarily or on indictment.
- 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 95 Distress of ship.
- 96 Application of penalties and disposal of forfeitures.
- Exemptions and Savings
- 97 Exemption of Government factories, &c. from the Act.
- 98 Saving for rocket and fog stations.
- 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 100 Saving for master of ship and carrier in case of emergency.
- 101 Saving for rockets, gunpowder, &c. on board ship in compliance with 17 & 18 Vict. c. 104.
- 102 Saving clause as to liability.
- 103 Powers of Act cumulative, with power to make provisional order for repealing local Acts.
- Definitions
- 104 Extension of definition of explosive to other explosive substances.
- 105 Persons carrying on certain processes to be deemed manufacturers.
- 106 Definition and classification of explosives by Order in Council.
- 107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 108 General definitions.
- Application of Act to Scotland
- 109 Definitions.
- 110 Local authority.
- 111 Expenses of local authority.
- 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 113 Local authority to have certain powers to take land otherwise than by agreement.
- 114 Provision for making and enforcing byelaws, &c.
- 115 †Board of Trade empowered to make byelaws for the lower estuary of the Clyde: Secretary of State to define the authority for enforcing such byelaws.
- Application of Act to Ireland
- 116 Definition of local authority.
- 117 Power of certain local bodies to become a local authority.
- 118 Expenses of local authority.
- 119 Form of registers of store licenses and registered premises, and amount of fees, to be approved by Secretary of State.
- 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- SCHEDULES
- Gunpowder Factories
- Gunpowder Stores.
- Maximum Fees for Licenses granted by the Secretary of State
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