Explosives Regulations, 2013

Marginal note:Information on explosives

• 74 (1) The following information must be displayed on each explosive that is manufactured at the factory or satellite site:

  • (a) the name and address of the person who obtained the explosive’s authorization;

  • (b) either the date of its manufacture and the shift during which it was manufactured, if any, or its lot number;

  • (c) its product name; and

  • (d) instructions, in both English and French, for its safe handling, storage, use and destruction.

• Marginal note:Manner of displaying information

  (2) The information must be

  • (a) legibly printed on the explosive;

  • (b) legibly printed on a label affixed to the explosive, if it is not possible to comply with paragraph (a);

  • (c) contained in a barcode or matrix code that is printed on the explosive, or on a label affixed to it, and can be read by a device that is available to the general public (for example, a smartphone), if it is not possible to comply with paragraphs (a) and (b); or

  • (d) legibly printed on the packaging containing the explosive or on a label affixed to the packaging, if it is not possible to comply with paragraphs (a) to (c).

• Marginal note:Information on packaging

  (3) The following information must be legibly printed on the packaging, or on a label affixed to the packaging, of the explosive:

  • (a) the words “Ammunition/Munitions”, “Explosives/Explosifs”, “Fireworks/Pièces pyrotechniques”, “Pyrotechnics/Pièces pyrotechniques” or “Rocket Motors/Moteurs de fusée”, or other descriptive wording, as the case may be, on the outer packaging and any inner packaging;

  • (b) the product name of the explosive and the name and address of the person who obtained its authorization, on the outer packaging;

  • (c) in the case of a type F explosive, whether it is type F.1, F.2, F.3, F.4 or F.5, on the outer packaging; and

  • (d) in the case of a type S explosive, whether it is type S.1 or S.2, on the outer packaging.

• Marginal note:Information on industrial explosives

  (4) The manufacturer’s division 1 factory licence number must be printed in a legible and permanent manner on the outer packaging or container of every industrial explosive.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to

  • (a) the outer packaging or containers of industrial explosives if the number is contained in a barcode or matrix code that is printed on the packaging or container;

  • (b) containers holding industrial explosives in bulk;

  • (c) intermediate bulk containers holding industrial explosives in bulk; or

  • (d) plastic bags that meet the requirements of UN packaging code 5H1, 5H2, 5H3 or 5H4.