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Control of Explosives Regulations 1991 (as amended)

Schedule 1

The following explosives, together with smokeless powder, do not require an explosives certificate:

Part 1

Explosives UN no.
AIR-BAG INFLATORS, AIR-BAG MODULES, SEAT-BELT PRETENSIONERS  0503
2 AMINO – 4, 6 – DINITROPHENOL, WETTED with not less than 20% water by mass  3317
AMMONIUM PICRATE, WETTED with not less than 10% water, by mass 1310
ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC for technical purposes  0428
ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC for technical purposes 0429
ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC for technical purposes  0430
ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC for technical purposes  0431
ARTICLES, PYROTECHNIC for technical purposes 0432
BARIUM AZIDE, WETTED with not less than 50% water, by mass  1571
CARTRIDGES, OIL WELL  0277
CARTRIDGES, OIL WELL  0278
CARTRIDGES, POWER DEVICE 0275
CARTRIDGES, POWER DEVICE 0276
CARTRIDGES, POWER DEVICE 0323
CARTRIDGES, POWER DEVICE 0381
CARTRIDGES, SIGNAL 0054
CARTRIDGES, SIGNAL 0312
CARTRIDGES, SIGNAL 0405
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS 0012
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS  0328
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS  0339
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS, BLANK  0014
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS, BLANK  0327
CARTRIDGES, SMALL ARMS, BLANK  0338
CARTRIDGES, EMPTY, WITH PRIMER  0055
CARTRIDGES, EMPTY, WITH PRIMER 0379
CASES, COMBUSTIBLE, EMPTY, WITHOUT PRIMER  0446
CASES, COMBUSTIBLE, EMPTY, WITHOUT PRIMER 0447
CORD, IGNITER  0066
CUTTERS, CABLE, EXPLOSIVE  0070
DINITROSOBENZENE  0406
DINITROPHENOL, WETTED with not less than 15% water, by mass  1320
DINITROPHENOLATES, WETTED with not less than 15% water, by mass  1321
DINITRORESORCINOL, WETTED with not less than 15% water, by mass  1322
DIPICRYL SULPHIDE, WETTED with not less than 10% water, by mass  2852
FIREWORKS  0333
FIREWORKS  0334
FIREWORKS  0335
FIREWORKS  0336
FIREWORKS  0337
FLARES, AERIAL  0093
FLARES, AERIAL  0403
FLARES, AERIAL  0404
FLARES, SURFACE  0092
FLASH POWDER 0094
FLASH POWDER 0305
FUSE, INSTANTANEOUS, NON-DETONATING  0101
(QUICKMATCH) FUSE, SAFETY  0105
IGNITERS  0121
IGNITERS 0314
IGNITERS  0315
IGNITERS  0325
IGNITERS  0454
ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE MIXTURE with not less than 60% lactose, mannose, starch or calcium hydrogen phosphate  2907
LIGHTERS, FUSE 0131
5-MERCAPTO-TETRAZOL-1-ACETIC ACID 0448NITROCELLULOSE SOLUTION, FLAMMABLE with not more than 12.6% nitrogen, by dry mass, and not more than 55% nitrocellulose  2059
NITROCELLULOSE WITH WATER (not less than 25% water, by mass)  2555
NITROCELLULOSE WITH ALCOHOL (not less than 25% alcohol, by mass, and not more than 12.6% nitrogen, by dry mass)  2556
NITROCELLULOSE with not more than 12.6% nitrogen, by dry mass, MIXTURE WITH or WITHOUT PLASTICIZER, WITH or WITHOUT PIGMENT  2557
NITROGLYCERINE SOLUTION IN ALCOHOL with not more than 1% nitroglycerine  1204
NITROGLYCERINE SOLUTION IN ALCOHOL with more than 1% but not more than 5% nitroglycerine  3064
NITROGUANIDINE (PICRITE) with not less than 20% water, by mass  1336
4 NITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE 3376
NITROSTARCH, WETTED with not less than 20% water, by mass  1337
POTASSIUM SALTS OF AROMATIC NITRO-DERIVATIVES, explosive  0158
PRIMERS, CAP TYPE  0044
PRIMERS, CAP TYPE  0377
PRIMERS, CAP TYPE  0378
ROCKETS, LINE-THROWING  0238
ROCKETS, LINE-THROWING  0240
ROCKETS, LINE-THROWING  0453
SIGNAL DEVICES, HAND  0373
SIGNAL DEVICES, HAND  0191
SIGNALS, DISTRESS, ship  0194
SIGNALS, DISTRESS, ship  0195
SIGNALS, RAILWAY TRACK, EXPLOSIVE  0192
SIGNALS, RAILWAY TRACK, EXPLOSIVE 0193
SIGNALS, SMOKE, with explosive sound unit  0196
SIGNALS, SMOKE, without explosive sound unit  0197
SILVER PICRATE, WETTED with not less than 30% water, by mass  1347
SODIUM DINITRO-o-CRESOLATE, dry or wetted with less than 15% water, by mass 0234
SODIUM DINITRO-o-CRESOLATE, WETTED with not less than 15% water, by mass  1348
SODIUM DINITRO-o-CRESOLATE, WETTED, with not less than 10% water, by mass 3369
SODIUM PICRAMATE, dry or wetted with less than 20% water, by mass 0235
SODIUM PICRAMATE, WETTED with not less than 20% water, by mass  1349
TETRAZOL-1-ACETIC ACID  0407
TRINITROBENZENE, WETTED with not less than 30% water, by mass  1354
TRINITROBENZOIC ACID, WETTED with not less than 30% water, by mass  1355
TRINITROPHENOL, WETTED with not less than 30% water, by mass 

1344

TRINITROTOLUENE, WETTED with not less than 30% water, by mass  1356
UREA NITRATE, WETTED with not less than 20% water, by mass  1357
ZIRCONIUM PICRAMATE, WETTED with not less than 20% water, by mass  1517
ZIRCONIUM PICRAMATE, dry or wetted with less than 20% water, by mass  0236

Part 2

Explosive articles which,

(a) are allocated the UN no. 0186, 0272, 0349, 0351 or 0471;
(b) are intended to be used for the propulsion of model rockets or similar articles; and
(c) in respect of each individual explosive article, contain no more than 1 kilogram of explosive.

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Updated: 2011-10-21