Explosives Regulations, 2013

Marginal note:Exemption from authorization

25 Despite section 11, the following activities involving an explosive may be carried out even though the explosives are not authorized:

• (a) the manufacture of up to 1 kg of explosives to be used in conducting an experiment, demonstration, test or analysis at a school, college, university or other learning institution;

• (b) the manufacture of up to 5 kg of explosives to be used in conducting an experiment, demonstration, test or analysis by a government or law enforcement agency;

• (c) the manufacture of up to 5 kg of explosives to be used in conducting an experiment, test or analysis at a private or commercial laboratory;

• (d) the manufacture of black powder charges for ceremonial use;

• (e) the manufacture of small arms cartridges or black powder cartouches for personal use;

• (f) the assembly and use of special purpose pyrotechnics, as defined in section 361;

• (g) the sending of a sample of an explosive to the Chief Inspector of Explosives, at his or her request, for authorization testing;

• (h) the importation of an explosive, if the conditions set out in section 45 or 45.1 are met;

• (i) the exportation of an explosive, if the conditions set out in section 45 are met;

• (j) the transportation in transit of an explosive;

• (k) the transportation of set pieces, that is to say, lattices intended to be fixed to the ground and arrayed with ground-level fireworks that form an image, word or design; and

• (l) the transportation of explosives within Canada for the Department of National Defence, the Canadian Armed Forces or any armed forces cooperating with the Canadian Armed Forces, if the following conditions are met:

  • (i) the explosives have been classified for the purposes of transportation by a competent authority under the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods — Model Regulations, published by the United Nations, as amended from time to time, and

  • (ii) the competent authority has been recognized by the Chief Inspector of Explosives as having a transport classification process equivalent to that set out in the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations.