- a safe and secure place
means a safe and secure place–
- attendant
means a person who accompanies the driver in the vehicle during the journey to help ensure the safety and security of the explosives;
- blasting explosive
means the explosive substance allocated on classification the UN Number 0081, 0082, 0083, 0084, 0241, 0331 or 0332;
- Class 1
has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the 1983 Regulations;
- classified
means classified under the 1983 Regulations, and “classification” and “unclassified” shall be construed accordingly;
- consignor
means a person who consigns (whether as principal or as agent for another) explosives for carriage by road;
- designated parking area
means–
- detonating cord
means the explosive article allocated on classification the UN Number 0065 or 0289;
- detonating fuzes
means the explosive articles allocated on classification the UN Number 0106, 0107, 0257 or 0367;
- detonators
means the explosive articles allocated on classification the UN Number 0029, 0030, 0255, 0267, 0360, 0361, 0455 or 0456;
- explosive article
means an article containing one or more explosive substances;
- explosive substance
means– (a) a solid or liquid substance, or (b) a mixture of solid or liquid substances or both, which is capable by chemical reaction in itself of producing gas at such a temperature and pressure and at such a speed as could cause damage to surroundings or which is designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of these as a result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions;
- explosives
means explosive articles or explosive substances which– (a) have been assigned on classification to Class 1;
- freight container
means a container as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984;
- gunpowder
means the explosive substance allocated on classification the UN Number 0027;
- military explosive
has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the 1983 Regulations;
- motor vehicle
means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;
- operator
means in relation to a vehicle– (a) the person who holds an operator’s licence (granted under Part V of the Transport Act 1968) for the use of that vehicle for the carriage of goods on a road;
- road
means– (a) as respects England and Wales, a road within the meaning of section 192(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988;
- semi-trailer
has the same meaning as in column 2 of the Table set out in regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986;
- smokeless powder
means (except in paragraph 9(c) of Part II of Schedule 4) the explosive substance allocated on classification the UN Number 0160 or 0161;
- the 1983 Regulations
means the Classification and Labelling of Explosives Regulations 1983;
- traffic examiner
means a goods vehicle examiner within the meaning of section 68(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
- trailer
means a vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle but does not include a semi-trailer;
- vehicle
includes a motor vehicle, trailer and semi-trailer.