Explosives Regulations, 2013 — 6
Definition of explosive 6 (1) For the purposes of section 2 of the Explosives Act and these Regulations, explosive includes (a) an explosive substance or explosive article that is not manufactured or used to produce an explosion, detonation or pyrotechnic effect but is included in Class 1 of Schedule 1 to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations ; (b) any substance numbered UN 1442, AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE as set out in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations ; (b.1) any substance numbered UN 3375, AMMONIUM NITRATE EMULSION, GEL, OR SUSPENSION, intermediate for blasting explosives, as set out in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations ; and (c) a multi-ingredient kit that is used to manufacture an explosive. Definition of military device (2) For the purposes of section 2 of the Explosives Act , military device means a shell, bomb, projectile, mine, missile, rocket, shaped charge, grenade, perforator and any other explosive article that is manufactured exclusively for military or law enforcement purposes. Definitions (3) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. activity involving an explosive means acquiring, possessing, selling, offering for sale, storing, manufacturing, transporting, transporting in transit, importing, exporting or delivering an explosive or using fireworks. ( activité visant un explosif ) attended means to be constantly monitored by a person and, unless these Regulations provide otherwise, includes monitoring by a person using electronic means. ( surveillé ) compatible means, in relation to a material, that the material (a) will not react chemically with an explosive or raw material so as to affect the functioning of the explosive or raw material or to increase the likelihood of an ignition of the explosive or raw material; and (b) will not be degraded by an explosive or raw material so as to affect its function or increase the likelihood of an ignition of the explosive or raw material. ( compatible ) decontaminate means to completely remove, clean or purge an explosive substance from a building, room, area, vehicle, equipment or container. ( décontamination ) explosive article means an article that contains one or more explosive substances. ( objet explosif ) explosive substance means a solid or liquid substance — or a mixture of solid and liquid substances — that is capable, by chemical reaction, of producing a gas at a temperature, pressure and speed that is capable of causing damage to surrounding structures or infrastructure. It includes a substance — or a mixture of substances — that is designed to produce an effect of heat, light, sound, gas or smoke, or a combination of such effects, by means of a non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reaction, even if the substance or mixture does not produce a gas. ( matière explosive ) industrial explosive has the same meaning as in section 213. ( explosif industriel ) local authority means, in relation to special effect pyrotechnics or display fireworks, the municipal, provincial or territorial organization or office that has authority to authorize their use in a locality. ( autorité locale ) manufacturing has the same meaning as in section 53. ( fabriquer ) misfire means the complete or partial failure of a charge to explode as planned. ( raté ) product name means the trade name or part number of an explosive, or both in the case of an explosive that has both a trade name and a part number. ( nom de produit ) pyrotechnic event has the same meaning as in section 361. ( activité pyrotechnique ) small arms cartridge has the same meaning as in subsection 268(1). ( cartouches pour armes de petit calibre ) special effect pyrotechnics has the same meaning as in section 361. ( pièces pyrotechnique à effets spéciaux ) storage unit means a building, structure, place or container in which explosives are stored and that is not licensed. However, it does not