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EXPLOSIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 2

Blasting operations at mines and quarries.

2.(1) A person shall not remove from any store kept at or used for the
purposes of any mine or quarry, any explosive unless he is an
authorised shot firer or is authorised in writing by the occupier of the mine
or quarry to remove the explosive and when removing it acts under the direct
supervision of an authorised shot firer.

(2) It shall be the duty of the occupier of every mine or quarry and of every
person removing or supervising the removal of any explosive from any store
kept at or used for the purposes of a mine or quarry, to ensure that, if such
explosive is not used or destroyed, it is returned to the said store
immediately upon completion, abandonment or postponement of the blasting
operations for the purposes of which it was removed.

(3) The occupier of every mine or quarry at which blasting operations are
carried on shall keep or cause to be kept at the store at which explosives are
kept for the purposes of that mine or quarry a register in which shall be
recorded the amount of the explosive issued for each separate blasting
operation, the amount used at such operation, the amount returned to store as
required by subsection (2), and whether the operation was carried out,
abandoned or postponed together with, in each case, the name of the person to
whom the explosives were issued for the purpose of the operation.

(4) Any person who acts in contravention of any of the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred pounds or to imprisonment for
a term not exceeding six months or to both such imprisonment and such fine.

(5) For the purposes of this section "occupier" includes, in relation to a
mine or quarry, any person who is for the time being entitled to work that
mine or quarry.

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