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295B PDFTitle:DANGEROUS GOODS (GENERAL) REGULATIONSGazette Number:
Regulation:4Heading:Removal permits for explosivesVersion Date:30/06/1997


Conveyance of explosives

No person shall move or cause or permit to be moved any explosives by land or water within Hong Kong except under and in accordance with a removal permit granted by the Authority: (L.N. 88 of 1991)
Provided that nothing in this regulation shall be construed to prevent-
        (a) the removal of explosives from a Mode A store situated at a blasting site incidental to blasting at that site; (L.N. 21 of 1971)
        (b) the removal by any person from a Mode A or Mode B store of any quantity of explosives if a licence has been granted to that person (or in the case of a corporation to a responsible officer thereof on its behalf) under the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance (Cap 238) authorizing the removal of those explosives by that person; (68 of 1981 s. 56)
        (c) the removal by any person from any place of safety cartridges and cartridges for small arms, not exceeding in each case 1000 rounds in the aggregate-
          (i) if a licence has been granted to that person (or in the case of a corporation to a responsible officer thereof on its behalf) under the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance (Cap 238) authorizing the removal of those cartridges by that person; or
          (ii) if that Ordinance, by the operation of Part II thereof, does not apply to the possession of or dealing in those cartridges by that person; or
        (d) the removal from any place of such quantity, not exceeding 5000 rounds in the aggregate or 5 kg of explosive content (whichever is the less), of safety cartridges for industrial fastening tools. (L.N. 17 of 1966; L.N. 119 of 1983)