Explosives Regulations, 2013

Marginal note:Experiments

• 134 (1) A school, college, university or other learning institution, or a law enforcement or government agency, that complies with subsection (2) may manufacture up to 50 g of explosives for the purposes of an experiment, demonstration, test or analysis.

• Marginal note:Requirements

  (2) The institution or agency must ensure that the following requirements are met:

  • (a) the manufacturing must be carried out with the consent of the management of the institution or agency by one of its employees or by a person who is at all times under the direct supervision of an employee;

  • (b) the employee must know how to carry out the manufacturing in a manner that minimizes the likelihood of harm to people and property and be aware of the precautions that must be taken to minimize the likelihood of harm to people and property;

  • (c) every person who carries out the manufacturing must be at least 18 years old;

  • (d) precautions that will eliminate any possibility of an accidental ignition must be taken;

  • (e) explosives must not be removed from the location where they are manufactured except for the purpose of destroying them; and

  • (f) all explosives must be destroyed in a manner that does not increase the likelihood of an accidental ignition during or after the destruction.