Chapter:	295B	Title:	DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS	Gazette Number:
Regulation:	30	Heading:	Conditions for grant of licence	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no licence for the manufacture of explosives shall be granted or renewed unless the Authority is satisfied in relation to the factory at which such manufacture is to be carried on that- (L.N. 68 of 1979)

(a) the plan referred to in regulation 29 has been approved by him and the construction of the factory conforms with the plan;
(b) the perimeter of the factory is fenced about to his satisfaction;
(c) no danger building in the factory is situated less than 30 m from any other building or structure on the surface of the ground or from any public place;
(d) any danger building in the factory, other than a danger building constructed below the surface of the ground, is surrounded by an earth or sand embankment not less than 2.5 m in height and 0.6 m wide at the top and that any opening therein is provided with a gate covered on one side by sheet steel plating not less than 4 mm thick and fitted with an appropriate lock; (L.N. 119 of 1983)
(e) the flooring of any danger building is surfaced with smooth impervious material;
(f) any danger building consists of a single storeyed detached structure having smooth impervious flooring and is divided to his satisfaction into compartments, in such manner as to prevent, so far as may be, an explosion occurring in the course of one process giving rise to any other explosion in the factory;
(g) no danger building contains in its structure or fittings any exposed ferrous metal;
(h) any path connecting any one danger building with any other such building consists of a covered way having smooth impervious flooring and so constructed as to prevent the admission of grit or dirt to the way;
(i) any danger building is fitted with one or more efficient lightning conductors installed to his satisfaction;
(j) all electric wiring or other fittings in any danger building are properly installed and insulated to his satisfaction; and
(k) outside every entrance to any danger building there is displayed to his satisfaction a notice, in English and Chinese, bearing the words "DANGER-EXPLOSIVES" and "危險-爆炸品" and a statement of the maximum number of persons permitted to be employed at any one time therein and the maximum quantity of explosives or the ingredients thereof permitted at any one time to be contained therein. (80 of 1997 s. 123)