Permit required for explosives

(1) The manager shall apply for and receive an explosives storage and use permit from the Inspector before a magazine is located, erected, built, put into service, or modified, or before carrying out any maintenance work on the magazine including the installation of lighting or heating. (2) The manager shall select the magazine site in accordance with the British Table of Distances. Location. (3) Every magazine shall be operated and maintained in accordance with the following rules which shall be posted inside the magazineRules for operation of magazine. (a) a qualified person shall be in charge of the magazine and shall carry out a weekly inspection and inventory; Qualified person in charge. (b) the magazine shall be kept locked at all times except when explosives are being moved; Magazine to be locked. (c) the magazine shall be kept clean, dry, and free of broken explosives packages or spilled Housekeeping. 124 (d) the magazine shall not contain any exposed iron or steel except in fixtures, and its contents shall be arranged in a tidy and organized manner; and No steel or iron. Rotation of stock. (e) the explosives stock shall be rotated so that the oldest stock is used first. detonators. (4) Detonators shall be stored in a separate building and not placed within 10 meters (33 feet) of explosives except during transport or during loading operations. (5) In an underground mine, daily explosives storage boxes that are well marked may be maintained in each working place without the permission of the Inspector.