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Explosives Act (RSC 1985, c. E-17).

Country/Territory
Canada
Document type
Legislation
Date
1985 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous substances Authorization/permit Internal trade International trade Inspection Transport/storage
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

Section 6 of the above-mentioned Act establishes that except as authorized under this Act and subject to such exemptions as may be provided by Regulation, no person shall: a) make or manufacture any explosive, either wholly or in part, except in a licensed factory; b) sell any authorized explosive unless that person is the operator of a licensed factory or licensed magazine and is authorized to sell explosives; c) store any explosive in a magazine that is not a licensed magazine; d) have in his possession any explosive; or e) carry on, except in a licensed factory, any of the following processes. The text consists of 29 sections.

Full text
English
Website
www.gc.ca