PART 1 | Citation and commencement |
| 1. These Regulations are the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Explosives and Explosive Precursors) Regulations 2025 and come into operation on 1 July 2025. |
2.—(1) In these Regulations —| “ADR” means the document called the “Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road” Volume II, (Ref: ECE/TRANS/352) applicable as from 1 January 2025, which was published by the United Nations, New York and Geneva, and issued by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, in 2025; |
| “applicable standard” means any standard applicable to a holder of an explosives licence or EP licence with respect to any matter mentioned in section 62(2) of the Act; |
“applicant” —| (a) | means the person who makes an application to a Licensing Officer for an explosives licence or EP licence; and | | (b) | in the case of an application for an explosives trader’s licence or EP trader’s licence — includes the person on whose behalf an application for such a licence is made by an agent; |
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“application” —| (a) | for an explosives licence or EP licence that is not a single event licence, includes an application to renew the explosives licence or EP licence; and | | (b) | includes an application under regulation 22; |
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“approved”, in relation to a plan, means —| (a) | approved in the granting of an explosives licence or EP licence; or | | (b) | approved with changes under regulation 29; |
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“authorised by or under the Act”, for a regulated activity involving an explosive or explosive precursor, means authorised to carry on the regulated activity, without committing an offence under the Act, because of —| (a) | a provision in the Act; | | (b) | a licence or a class licence; or | | (c) | an exemption by or under section 87, 88 or 89 of the Act; |
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| “auxiliary police officer” means a member of an Auxiliary Police Force created under the Police Force Act 2004; |
“batch” —| (a) | in relation to an explosive, means a quantity of explosives of a particular classification that —| (i) | is uniform in composition or is manufactured under essentially the same conditions; and | | (ii) | is packed in a distinct manner; or |
| | (b) | in relation to an explosive precursor, means a quantity of explosive precursors of a particular kind that —| (i) | is uniform in composition or is manufactured under essentially the same conditions; and | | (ii) | is packed in a distinct manner; |
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“blasting activity” means performing any of the following in connection with a blasting operation:| (a) | to prepare and assemble blasting explosives and any other explosives, and the detonators and other equipment to be used in the blasting operation; | | (b) | to initiate or fire blasting explosives and any other explosives during the blasting operation; | | (c) | to design, load and initiate blasts; | | (d) | to handle misfires; | | (e) | to address the hazards associated with each type of blasting explosive used in the blasting operation, its blasting characteristics, and the procedures and methods for safely and securely handling the explosive; |
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| “blasting explosive” means an explosive substance allocated, on classification, the UN Number 0081, 0082, 0083, 0084, 0241, 0331 or 0332, and includes the components for the initiation of the explosive, such as a booster, detonator, fuse or ignitor; |
| “blasting operation” means an operation consisting of performing blasting activities using a blasting explosive; |
| “blasting operator” means a person responsible for organising a blasting operation; |
| “blasting site” has the meaning given by regulation 46; |
| “bon‑bon cracker” means an article containing a bon‑bon cracker snap which is designed to emit a low‑level noise when it is pulled apart; |
| “bon‑bon cracker snap” means the component of a bon‑bon cracker which is designed to produce a sound resulting from an explosion that occurs when the ends of strips (to which an initiatory explosive is applied in a quantity not exceeding 2 grams per 1,000 articles) are pulled away from each other; |
| “Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore” means the public authority reconstituted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009; |
“classification code”, for an explosive, means the figures representing —| (a) | the class, division and compatibility group to which the explosive is assigned in conformity with 2.1.1.4 and 2.1.2 of the UNRTDG Volume I; or | | (b) | the class, division and packing compatibility group to which the explosive is assigned in conformity with 3.2 of the UNRTDG Volume I; |
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| “classify”, in relation to an explosive, means assigning the explosive to a class, division and compatibility group in conformity with 2.1.1.4 and 2.1.2 of the UNRTDG Volume I or 3.2 of the UNRTDG Volume I; |
| “compatibility group”, of an explosive, means the letter, assigned in accordance with 2.1.1.4 and 2.1.2 of the UNRTDG Volume I or 3.2 of the UNRTDG Volume I to the explosive, that identifies the kinds of explosive substances and articles that are compatible to be transported or stored together with the explosive; |
“confetti bomb” means a pyrotechnic device designed to project confetti and to emit a report when an igniting string is pulled and containing an explosive substance with a mass not exceeding 20 milligrams, mainly consisting of any one or more of the following substances:| (a) | potassium chlorate; | | (b) | amorphous phosphorus; | | (c) | antimony sulfide; | | (d) | sulfur; |
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“consignment of explosives” means one or more batches of explosives that is or are —| (a) | in the case of importing or exporting —| (i) | imported by the same owner, or exported for the same owner, of the explosives; | | (ii) | imported or exported at the same time; and | | (iii) | imported or exported on one and the same conveyance, or on any motor vehicles in the same convoy; or |
| | (b) | in the case of conveying for a Singapore journey, conveyed —| (i) | at the same time; and | | (ii) | on one and the same vessel or vehicle, or on any motor vehicles in the same convoy; |
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“consignment of explosive precursors” means one or more batches of explosive precursors that is or are —| (a) | in the case of importing or exporting —| (i) | imported by the same owner, or exported for the same owner, of the explosive precursors; | | (ii) | imported or exported at the same time; and | | (iii) | imported or exported on one and the same conveyance, or on any motor vehicles in the same convoy; or |
| | (b) | in the case of conveying for a Singapore journey, conveyed —| (i) | at the same time; and | | (ii) | on one and the same vessel or vehicle, or on any motor vehicles in the same convoy; |
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“contact address” means the address of —| (a) | for a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) — the partnership’s principal place of business in Singapore; | | (b) | for a body corporate — the body corporate’s registered office or principal office in Singapore; | | (c) | for an unincorporated association — the unincorporated association’s principal office in Singapore; | | (d) | for an individual carrying on business as a sole proprietor — the principal place of business in Singapore; or | | (e) | for any other individual — the individual’s place of residence or workplace in Singapore; |
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| “convoy” means a convoy of not more than 4 motor vehicles; |
| “country” includes territory; |
“danger area”, for a blasting operation, means an area at any blasting site —| (a) | where the blasting operation is conducted; | | (b) | where shotholes are established; and | | (c) | within which no individual or thing can enter or remain during the blasting operation except the following individuals:| (i) | a holder of an explosives user’s licence covering that blasting operation; | | (ii) | a shotfirer employed or engaged for that blasting operation by the holder mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i); | | (iii) | any other individual or thing specially allowed by that holder; |
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| “detonator” means a plain, electric, electronic or non‑electric type detonator, detonating relay, connector or bunch block, or other device with detonators; |
| “display host”, for a fireworks display, means the person who employs or otherwise engages a fireworks contractor to organise the fireworks display for the person, and includes a person who receives or is entitled to receive revenue from the sale (if any) of tickets to attend the fireworks display; |
| “dump” means any premises where explosives or explosive precursors are disposed of; |
“emergency event” means —| (a) | an explosion; | | (b) | a fire; | | (c) | a chemical spill or gas leak; | | (d) | a flood, storm tide or tsunami; | | (e) | an earthquake or other similar natural phenomena; | | (f) | a serious incident within the meaning of the Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018 that is occurring or has occurred in any place in Singapore, or a threat of such an incident occurring in any place in Singapore, whether or not an activation order is given under that Act; or | | (g) | a security breach, a theft or an unauthorised access in relation to any place or premises at which a regulated activity involving explosives or explosive precursors is carried out under an explosives licence or EP licence; |
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| “emission height”, for any fireworks, means the maximum height the fireworks are intended to reach when initiated or discharged; |
“entity” means —| (a) | a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership); | | (b) | an unincorporated association; | | (c) | a partnership; | | (d) | a business trust; | | (e) | a body of individuals who together form a body; or | | (f) | a person other than an individual; |
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| “EP disposal licence” means a licence to dispose of an explosive precursor stated in the licence; |
| “EP factory” means any premises that are used or to be used primarily for the manufacture of one or more explosive precursors; |
“EP licence” means any of the following licences:| (a) | an EP manufacturing licence; | | (b) | an EP disposal licence; | | (c) | an EP trader’s licence; | | (d) | an EP supplier’s licence; | | (e) | an EP transport licence; | | (f) | an EP storage licence; | | (g) | an EP possession licence; | | (h) | an EP user’s licence; |
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| “EP licensee” means a holder of an EP licence; |
| “EP manufacturing licence” means a licence to manufacture any explosive precursor stated in the licence; |
| “EP possession licence” means a licence to possess (not store) any explosive precursor, and at any place, stated in the licence; |
| “EP storage licence” means a licence to store (not possess) any explosive precursor, and at any place, stated in the licence; |
| “EP supplier’s licence” means a licence to supply any explosive precursor stated in the licence; |
| “EP trader’s licence” means a licence to import or export any explosive precursor stated in the licence; |
| “EP transport licence” means a renewable or non‑renewable licence to convey as a carrier any consignment of explosive precursors on a Singapore journey, using any vessel or vehicle stated in the licence; |
| “EP user’s licence” means a licence to use any explosive precursor stated in the licence; |
| “explosive article” means an article containing one or more explosive substances; |
“explosive device repair licence” means a licence —| (a) | to repair any explosive device at a repair facility stated in the licence; | | (b) | to repair any explosive device from place to place outside of a repair facility only (called a mobile explosive device repair licence); or | | (c) | to do both activities described in paragraphs (a) and (b) (called a combined explosive device repair licence); |
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“explosive substance” means a solid or liquid substance, or a mixture of solid, liquid or solid and liquid substances, which —| (a) | by chemical reaction, is capable in itself of producing gas at such a temperature, pressure and speed as to cause damage to its surroundings; or | | (b) | is designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke, or any combination of these, as a result of a non‑detonative self‑sustaining exothermic chemical reaction; |
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| “explosives disposal licence” means a licence to dispose of any explosive stated in the licence; |
“explosives licence” means any of the following licences:| (a) | an explosives manufacturing licence; | | (b) | an explosive device repair licence; | | (c) | an explosives disposal licence; | | (d) | an explosives trader’s licence; | | (e) | an explosives supplier’s licence; | | (f) | an explosives transport licence; | | (g) | an explosives storage licence; | | (h) | an explosives possession licence; | | (i) | an explosives user’s licence; |
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| “explosives manufacturing licence” means a licence to manufacture any explosive stated in the licence; |
| “explosives possession licence” means a licence to possess (not store) any explosive, and at any place, stated in the licence; |
| “explosives storage licence” means a licence to store (not possess) any explosive, and at any place, stated in the licence; |
| “explosives supplier’s licence” means a licence to supply any explosive stated in the licence; |
| “explosives trader’s licence” means a licence to import or export any explosive stated in the licence; |
| “explosives transport licence” means a renewable or non‑renewable licence to convey as a carrier any consignment of explosives on a Singapore journey, using any vessel or vehicle stated in the licence; |
“explosives user’s licence” means any of the following licences to use an explosive stated in the licence:| (a) | an explosives licence authorising the holder of the licence to use a firework or fireworks for the purpose of a fireworks display organised by the holder; | | (b) | an explosives licence authorising the holder of the licence to use a blasting explosive or explosives to conduct, at any blasting site stated in the licence, a blasting operation in connection with a project stated in the licence; | | (c) | a general explosives user’s licence; |
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| “fireworks” means an explosive article allocated, on classification, any of the UN Numbers 0333 to 0337; |
| “fireworks contractor”, for a fireworks display, means the person who is engaged by the display host for the fireworks display to organise that fireworks display; |
“fireworks display” means an indoor or outdoor display of fireworks staged as —| (a) | a show, or a series of shows, as part of a carnival, cultural event, religious event, sporting event, concert, performing arts event, commemorative event or other organised event for entertainment; or | | (b) | a theatrical display for making a film; |
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| “firing point” means the location where any firework is installed for the purpose of initiating or discharging during a fireworks display; |
| “foreign country” means a country other than Singapore; |
| “freight container” means an article of transport equipment designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport without intermediate re‑loading of the contents; |
| “grounds” means land in Singapore that has a boundary fence or another structure or feature to mark the boundary of the land; |
| “HAZMAT driving licence” means the Hazardous Materials Transport Driver Permit issued under the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations (Rg 7); |
| “high‑risk explosive” means an explosive that is neither a lower‑risk explosive nor a prohibited explosive; |
| “holder”, for an explosives licence or EP licence, means the person to whom the explosives licence or EP licence (as the case may be) is granted; |
“identity particulars” means —| (a) | for an individual —| (i) | the full name of the individual; | | (ii) | the number of the individual’s identity card, or of the individual’s passport or work pass if he or she is not a citizen of Singapore; and | | (iii) | the nationality of the individual; or |
| | (b) | for an entity —| (i) | the full name of the entity; | | (ii) | the country where the entity was incorporated or otherwise formed; and | | (iii) | the Unique Entity Number (UEN) of the entity, where available; |
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| “intruder alarm system requirement” has the meaning given by regulation 4; |
| “key” includes a key or key card, combination or key code, electronic access code or other means of unlocking or disabling a lock or other security mechanism; |
| “licensee” excludes a class licensee; |
| “lower‑risk explosive” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Transporting Lower‑risk Explosives — Class Licence) Order 2025 (G.N. No. S 376/2025); |
“magazine” means any of the following which is specially designed or adapted for the storing or keeping of any high‑risk explosive:| (a) | a warehouse or other enclosed premises that —| (i) | are or are part of a permanent building with concrete or brick walls; and | | (ii) | are separate from buildings in which people live; |
| | (b) | a receptacle; |
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“motor vehicle” means a vehicle that is propelled wholly or partly by a motor or by any means other than human or animal power, and is intended or adapted for use on any road, but excludes any of the following:| (a) | a motor vehicle that is constructed to drive itself; | | (b) | a motorcycle (with or without a sidecar attached to it); |
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| “munitions factory” means any premises that are used or to be used primarily for the manufacture of one or more explosives, regardless that the premises also comprise a repair facility; |
“nominated individual”, for a holder of an explosives licence or EP licence, means an individual who —| (a) | is an employee of the holder, or an officer of a holder that is an entity; and | | (b) | is named by the holder to be allowed to have unsupervised access to any explosive or explosive precursor authorised to be handled, possessed or used by the holder under the holder’s explosives licence or EP licence, as the case may be; |
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“officer”, in relation to an entity, means —| (a) | where the entity is a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) —| (i) | an individual for the time being holding the office of chairperson, director, partner, chief executive officer, manager or company secretary (as the case may be) of the body corporate or any position analogous to any of those offices; or | | (ii) | for a corporation whose affairs are managed by its members, any of those members as if the member were a director of the corporation; |
| | (b) | where the entity is a partnership (including a limited partnership), a partner of the partnership; or | | (c) | where the entity is an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), an individual for the time being holding the office of president, secretary or member (as the case may be) of the committee of the unincorporated association, or any position analogous to any of those offices, |
| and includes any person carrying out the duties of any such office mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) if the office is vacant; |
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“organise”, for a fireworks display, means to do any of the following:| (a) | plan and design the fireworks display for the display host for the fireworks display; | | (b) | advise the display host for the fireworks display about safety and security requirements for the display; | | (c) | employ or otherwise engage one or more pyrotechnicians to use fireworks in the fireworks display; | | (d) | purchase or otherwise obtain fireworks for use in the fireworks display, and supply the fireworks to the pyrotechnicians mentioned in paragraph (c) to initiate or discharge for the fireworks display; | | (e) | direct the pyrotechnicians mentioned in paragraph (c) about using fireworks in the fireworks display; |
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| “packaging” includes any inner packaging, overpack, drum or barrel; |
“party explosive” means any of the following:| (a) | bon‑bon cracker; | | (b) | bon‑bon cracker snap; | | (c) | confetti bomb; | | (d) | streamer bomb; |
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“pipework”, in relation to an explosive or explosive precursor, means —| (a) | a pipe or an assembly of pipes; and | | (b) | associated pipe fittings, valves and pipe accessories, |
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“project” means a pre‑planned series of blasting operations which are expected to take place at the same place or premises over a pre‑determined period in connection with —| (a) | the demolition of one or more natural or manmade structures, whether above, on or below ground; | | (b) | the extraction of any minerals, mineral oil, natural gas, stone, clay, sand, gravel and other natural deposits, from land by blasting, sorting and breaking; or | | (c) | the operation of a mine, |
| and includes an identified phase or stage of such a project; |
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| “protected zone” means any part of any place or premises occupied by a holder of an explosives licence or EP licence that is prescribed by these Regulations in relation to that holder to be a protected zone for the purpose of the intruder alarm system requirement; |
“pyrotechnician”, for a fireworks display, means an individual employed or otherwise engaged by a fireworks contractor organising the fireworks display, to do all or any combination of the following activities in connection with the fireworks display:| (a) | assemble the fireworks and equipment to be used in the fireworks display; | | (b) | initiate or discharge the fireworks during the fireworks display; | | (c) | disassemble the equipment after the fireworks display; | | (d) | deal with blinds or unfinished fireworks; |
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| “receptacle”, in relation to an explosive or explosive precursor, means a mobile or portable cabinet, freight container, tank container, tank, plant, pipework or any other thing that can contain the explosive or explosive precursor; |
| “relevant consignment” means a consignment of explosives or a consignment of explosive precursors; |
| “repair facility” means any premises that are used or to be used primarily for the repair of any explosive device, regardless that the premises are part of a munitions factory; |
“safety area”, for a fireworks display, means an area with a radius of not less than the distance (called in these Regulations a safety distance) within which no individual or thing can enter or remain during the fireworks display, except the following:| (a) | the holder of a fireworks contractor’s licence for the fireworks display; | | (b) | a pyrotechnician employed or engaged for that fireworks display by that holder; | | (c) | any other individual (but not a spectator at the fireworks display) or any thing specially allowed by that holder; |
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| “safety management plan” has the meaning given by regulation 5; |
| “secure” means secure from loss, theft, sabotage or unauthorised access; |
| “security plan” has the meaning given by regulation 6; |
“shotfirer”, for a blasting operation, means an individual employed or otherwise engaged by a blasting operator conducting the blasting operation to do all or any of the following in connection with the blasting operation:| (a) | design, load and initiate blasts; | | (b) | handle misfires; | | (c) | prepare, assemble, charge or fire blasting explosives; |
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| “shothole” means a hole made for the purpose of placing in position any explosive which is to be fired; |
| “sign” includes a placard or notice; |
“Singapore journey”, for a vessel or vehicle, means —| (a) | a journey that starts in Singapore and ends in Singapore; or | | (b) | any part of the journey in Singapore, being a journey that —| (i) | starts in Singapore and ends outside Singapore; or | | (ii) | starts outside Singapore and ends in Singapore, |
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| regardless of the number of places in Singapore the vessel or vehicle stops en‑route; |
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“single event licence” means any explosives licence or EP licence as follows:| (a) | an explosives trader’s licence; | | (b) | an EP trader’s licence; | | (c) | a non‑renewable explosives transport licence; | | (d) | a non‑renewable EP transport licence; | | (e) | a non‑renewable explosives user’s licence authorising the holder of the licence to use a firework or fireworks for the purpose of a fireworks display to be held on a single occasion or fireworks displays to be held at a single event; |
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| “special goods vehicle” means a motor vehicle which is a goods vehicle constructed with safety features to enable the carriage of explosives; |
| “SS586” means the document called the “Singapore Standard 586: Specification for hazard communication for hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods — Part 1: Transport and storage of dangerous goods” 2021 edition (Ref: ICS 13.300), which is published by Enterprise Singapore, and issued by the Ministry of Manpower, the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the public authority called the National Environment Agency; |
| “stated” includes described; |
“streamer bomb” means a pyrotechnic device designed to project streamers and to emit a report when an igniting string is pulled and containing an explosive substance with a mass not exceeding 20 milligrams, mainly consisting of any one or more of the following substances:| (a) | potassium chlorate; | | (b) | amorphous phosphorus; | | (c) | antimony sulfide; | | (d) | sulfur; |
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| “suitable”, in relation to a motor vehicle used to convey a consignment of explosives, has the meaning given by paragraph (3); |
“suitable depositary” means any of the following which is specially designed or adapted for the storing or keeping of any explosive (except a high‑risk explosive) or any explosive precursor, or both:| (a) | a room or other enclosed premises that are or are part of a permanent building; | | (b) | a receptacle; |
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“supervise” or “supervising”, in relation to the performing by an individual (A) of any blasting activity in connection with a blasting operation, means —| (a) | being physically present at the blasting site that the blasting operation is being conducted; | | (b) | observing the activity being carried out to the extent necessary to enable the observer to form an opinion as to whether the activity is being carried out properly by A; | | (c) | being available to give advice to, and answer questions about the activity from, A when A is carrying out the activity; and | | (d) | supervising the situation as closely as if the supervisor were performing the activity himself or herself, and being ready to correct or take over control at any time; |
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| “surveillance requirement” has the meaning given by regulation 3; |
| “tank” means a container having a total internal capacity exceeding 250 litres for liquids and 500 litres for gases; |
“tank container” means a tank which is —| (a) | used for conveying a liquid, gaseous, powdery or granular substance; and | | (b) | constructed for repeated use and to facilitate the conveying of goods by one or more modes of transport without need of removal of its structural equipment or intermediate re‑loading of its contents; |
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| “transport security plan” has the meaning given by regulation 6(2); |
| “UN Number” means a United Nations serial number that is a 4‑digit number used by the United Nations to identify an explosive; |
| “UNRTDG” means the document called the “Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods — Model Regulations” Volumes I and II, 23rd revised edition (Ref: ST/SG/AC.10/1/Rev.23), which was published by the United Nations, New York and Geneva, and issued by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, in 2023; |
“unsupervised access”, in relation to an explosive or explosive precursor, means access to the explosive or explosive precursor in circumstances where no other individual who is authorised by or under the Act to handle or use the explosive or explosive precursor is present, and includes —| (a) | access to a secure magazine or secure suitable depositary where the explosive or explosive precursor is stored or kept; | | (b) | access to the keys to a secure magazine or secure suitable depositary where the explosive or explosive precursor is stored or kept; and | | (c) | access to the explosive or explosive precursor while the explosive or explosive precursor is being carried in a vessel or vehicle; |
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| “watched zone” means any part of any place or premises occupied by a holder of an explosives licence or EP licence that is prescribed by these Regulations in relation to that holder to be a watched zone for the purpose of the surveillance requirement; |
| “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday. |
| (2) Where the time specified by these Regulations for doing any act expires on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the act is on time if done on the next following day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday. |
(3) In these Regulations, a motor vehicle used to convey a consignment of explosives (whether in a convoy or otherwise) is a suitable motor vehicle for that consignment only if —| (a) | it is a special goods vehicle the construction and design of which satisfies the requirements of Chapter 9.2 of Part 9 of the ADR; and | | (b) | it is a special goods vehicle of the type that is specified in Chapter 7.5.5.2 of Part 7 of the ADR for a mass of explosive equal to or higher than the mass of the lower‑risk explosive that is actually on board the special goods vehicle. |
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| (4) In these Regulations, a reference to the mass of an explosive is a reference to the mass of explosive material contained in the explosive exclusive of its packaging. |
(5) If —| (a) | a safety management plan; | | (b) | a security plan; | | (c) | a layout plan of a munitions factory or an EP factory; | | (d) | a layout plan of a repair facility; | | (e) | a layout plan of a magazine or suitable depositary; | | (f) | a transport plan; | | (g) | a layout plan of any place or premises —| (i) | where fireworks for use in a fireworks display are to be initiated or discharged; or | | (ii) | where spectators may watch a fireworks display; or |
| | (h) | a layout plan of any blasting site where a blasting operation will be conducted, |
| has been submitted or re‑submitted to a Licensing Officer as part of an application for an explosives licence or EP licence, and the requirement for such a plan is not waived under regulation 12, then in granting the explosives licence or EP licence, the Licensing Officer is taken to also approve that plan. |
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| Meaning of “surveillance requirement” |
3.—(1) In these Regulations, the surveillance requirement is the requirement that a holder of an explosives licence or EP licence must —| (a) | provide and maintain, in accordance with paragraph (2), an electronic video surveillance system (such as closed‑circuit television (CCTV) or its digital equivalent) as to enable the recording of activities taking place at every watched zone of any premises occupied by the holder; | | (b) | keep each recording made using the electronic video surveillance system required by this regulation for a period of not less than 31 days after the date the recording is made; and | | (c) | display a sign at a prominent location immediately outside every entrance to each watched zone of any premises occupied by the holder, stating that the zone is under electronic video surveillance. |
(2) The electronic video surveillance system mentioned in paragraph (1) must —| (a) | consist of an adequate number of CCTV cameras or other electronic visual monitoring devices installed at suitable locations in or on a watched zone where the field of view of every one of those CCTV cameras or other electronic visual monitoring devices is not obstructed in any way; | | (b) | be capable of recording colour images —| (i) | at the resolution of HD 1080: 1920×1080 pixels or equivalent; | | (ii) | at 12 frames per second; and | | (iii) | under low lighting conditions; and |
| | (c) | be in good order and operational at all times. |
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| Meaning of “intruder alarm system requirement” |
4.—(1) In these Regulations, the intruder alarm system requirement is the requirement that a holder of an explosives licence or EP licence must provide and maintain, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), an intruder alarm system in every protected zone of any premises occupied by the holder.(2) An intruder alarm system mentioned in paragraph (1) must be activated and operating in order to detect, to the maximum extent reasonably practicable, any unauthorised entry into the protected zone by means of either or both of the following:| (a) | an externally visible alarm warning light and a loud audible alarm; | | (b) | a remote alarm monitored by a holder of a security service provider’s licence granted under the Private Security Industry Act 2007. |
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(3) An intruder alarm system mentioned in paragraph (1) must —| (a) | be connected to the mains power of the protected zone in which it is installed and contain a battery backup in case of power failure; | | (b) | incorporate a sensor system to detect the breaking of external glass windows or to detect movement by way of a microwave, passive infrared, ultrasonic or other similar detection system, and each sensor of the sensor system must have an anti‑tamper circuit that operates continuously whether the alarm is activated or not; | | (c) | have controls that are, as far as is reasonably practicable, located out of sight and protected against access by an unauthorised person; and | | (d) | be in good order and operational at all times. |
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| Meaning of “safety management plan” |
5.—(1) In these Regulations, a “safety management plan” means a document or compilation of documents in English that —| (a) | describes the risk management procedures that are proposed to be implemented by an applicant for, or a holder of, an explosives licence or EP licence in order to manage the hazards and risks to safety associated with the regulated activity to be authorised by the explosives licence or EP licence; | | (b) | describes the policies, procedures and practices that are proposed to be implemented by an applicant for, or a holder of, an explosives licence or EP licence —| (i) | to protect people who may be affected by the regulated activity from alarm, death or injury; and | | (ii) | to protect property from unlawful destruction or damage and otherwise preserve public safety, when the regulated activity is carried on; and |
| | (c) | requires the keeping of records which are sufficient to allow a Licensing Officer or an authorised officer to assess whether the safety management plan has been complied with. |
(2) Without limiting paragraph (1), a safety management plan must contain the following:| (a) | details of the policies, procedures and practices established by an applicant for, or a holder of, an explosives licence or EP licence, for each matter set out in the First Schedule as is applicable to the regulated activity to be authorised by the explosives licence or EP licence; | | (b) | an assessment of the risks that may arise from handling, possessing or using any explosive or explosive precursor under the explosives licence or EP licence; | | (c) | an emergency response plan to manage risk to the safety and health of people in an emergency event; | | Examples of components of emergency response plan |
| | | Procedures for controlling spillage of explosives or explosive precursors. |
| | | The provision of firefighting equipment. |
| | | The availability of first aid. |
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| | (d) | the internal policies, procedures and controls established by the applicant for, or the holder of, an explosives licence or EP licence, over the regulated activity so as to monitor and ensure the compliance by that applicant or holder, and the employees or workers of that applicant or holder, with —| (i) | the requirements of the Act and these Regulations with respect to the regulated activity; | | (ii) | the conditions of the explosives licence or EP licence applied for, if granted; | | (iii) | any requirement of any applicable standard; and | | (iv) | the safety management plan approved by the Licensing Officer. |
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| Meaning of “security plan” |
6.—(1) In these Regulations, a “security plan” means a document or compilation of documents in English that —| (a) | identifies the security risks that may arise from the regulated activity authorised by an explosives licence or EP licence; | | (b) | describes the details of the facilities, systems and procedures proposed to be implemented by an applicant for, or a holder of, an explosives licence or EP licence —| (i) | to deal with the identified security risks associated with the regulated activity authorised by the explosives licence or EP licence, which may, where appropriate, include the deployment of auxiliary police officers to patrol or guard the property while armed with firearms; | | (ii) | to ensure the secure possession and handling of the explosive or explosive precursor concerned, which may, where appropriate, include screening of individuals seeking entry into or leaving the premises where the regulated activity takes place or may take place; and | | (iii) | to ensure that the chain of possession of the explosive or explosive precursor concerned can be traced from a holder of an explosives licence or EP licence to another person authorised by or under the Act to handle, possess or use the explosive or explosive precursor, as the case may be; |
| | (c) | contains a list of nominated individuals who are to have unsupervised access to the explosives or explosive precursors the handling or possession of which is authorised by an explosives licence or EP licence; and | | (d) | requires the keeping of records which are sufficient to allow a Licensing Officer or an authorised officer to assess whether the security plan has been complied with. |
| (2) Without limiting paragraph (1), a security plan relating to the conveying of any relevant consignment in a vessel or vehicle must include a transport security plan that contains details of the policies, procedures and practices established by an applicant for, or a holder of, the explosives licence or EP licence for each matter set out in the Second Schedule. |
(3) In paragraph (1)(b), “screening” means —| (a) | a search of an individual, or of any property in the individual’s possession, by means of an equipment that is designed to carry out the search without touching the individual or the individual’s property, as the case may be; | | (b) | a frisk search of an individual conducted by quickly running the hands over the individual’s outer clothing, and an examination of anything worn or carried by the individual that is conveniently and voluntarily removed by the individual; or | | (c) | a physical search of any personal property in the individual’s possession, not being clothing worn by the individual. |
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| Unclassified explosive is prohibited explosive |
| 7. An explosive that is or contains an explosive substance which is not classified is prescribed a prohibited explosive for the purposes of the Act. |
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