Explosives Regulations, 2013

Marginal note:Reuse of packaging

• 220 (1) A seller must ensure that any packaging or container that has been used for industrial explosives is not reused unless

  • (a) it is in good condition;

  • (b) except in the case of a container holding industrial explosives in bulk, it contains no explosive residue;

  • (c) it is reused for the same type of explosive that it previously contained; and

  • (d) all information on the packaging or container remains accurate.

• Marginal note:Packaging — nitroglycerine-based explosive

  (2) A seller must ensure that any packaging or container that has been used for a nitroglycerine-based explosive or any other explosive that is manufactured from a liquid explosive is destroyed (for example, by breaking the packaging or container) as soon as the circumstances permit after the packaging or container is emptied.

• Marginal note:Packaging — in poor condition

  (3) A seller must ensure that any packaging or container that is not in good condition when it is emptied of explosives is destroyed (for example, by breaking the packaging or container) as soon as the circumstances permit.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to containers holding explosives in bulk.