Explosives Regulations, 2013

Marginal note:Disposal plan

• 266 (1) A distributor who sells marine flares, whether low-hazard or high-hazard, must implement the marine flare disposal plan included in their licence application.

• Marginal note:Return of flares

  (2) A distributor must accept the return of any marine flares sold by them that have expired.

• Marginal note:Destruction

  (3) The distributor must store any expired marine flares that are returned to them in the magazine specified in their licence and destroy them in a manner that does not increase the likelihood of an accidental ignition during or after the destruction.

• Marginal note:Record

  (4) If any expired marine flares are returned during a calendar year, the distributor must keep for two years after the date of the return, a record that sets out the number of each type, whether type S.1 or S.2, that were returned and the number of each type that were destroyed.