Explosives Regulations, 2013

Marginal note:Place of storage

• 287 (1) Propellant powder and percussion caps that are not displayed for sale must be stored in a dwelling or a storage unit.

• Marginal note:Original packaging

  (2) Percussion caps must be stored in their original packaging.

• Marginal note:Original container

  (2.1) Black powder and smokeless powder must be stored in their original containers. No more than 500 g of black powder may be stored in a container.

• Marginal note:Detached dwellings

  (3) The maximum quantity of propellant powder that may be stored at any one time in a detached dwelling, or in a storage unit attached to a detached dwelling, is 25 kg of which no more than 10 kg may be black powder.

• Marginal note:Other dwellings — smokeless powder

  (4) The maximum quantity of smokeless powder that may be stored at any one time in a dwelling other than a detached dwelling, or in a storage unit attached to a dwelling other than a detached dwelling, is

  • (a) 20 kg, if all the smokeless powder is in containers that hold no more than 1 kg; or

  • (b) 5 kg, if any of the smokeless powder is in a container that holds more than 1 kg.

• Marginal note:Other dwellings — black powder

  (5) The maximum quantity of black powder that may be stored at any one time in a dwelling other than a detached dwelling, or in a storage unit attached to a dwelling other than a detached dwelling, is

  • (a) 1 kg, with no more than 500 g of black powder per container, if the black powder is in original containers; or

  • (b) 3 kg less any quantity that is in containers, if the black powder is in small arms cartridges or black powder cartouches.

• Marginal note:Detached storage unit

  (6) The maximum quantity of black powder and smokeless powder that may be stored at any one time in storage units that are not attached to a dwelling, whether in a single unit or in several, is 25 kg and 75 kg, respectively.