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Explosives

Guidance

  • Get started[1]

    Make sure your explosives business complies with health and safety law

  • Licensing[2]

    Licenses, explosives certificates, transfer of explosives and recipient competent authority (RCA) documents

  • Changes to the law after Brexit[3]

    Product markings, standards, approved bodies and representatives

  • Fireworks [4]

    Selling, storing, organising a fireworks display

  • Ammonium nitrate[5]

    Security, safe storage and handling, law on importing and using ammonium nitrate

  • Disposal of explosives[6]

    Safely disposing of explosives or explosive contaminated material

  • Transfer of explosives[7]

    Get approval for transfer, Recipient Competent Authority document (RCA)

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Link URLs in this page

  1. Get startedhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/getting-started.htm
  2. Licensinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/licensing/index.htm
  3. Changes to the law after Brexithttps://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/ce-marking/index.htm
  4. Fireworks https://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/fireworks/index.htm
  5. Ammonium nitratehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/ammonium/index.htm
  6. Disposal of explosiveshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/disposal.htm
  7. Transfer of explosiveshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/transfer-of-explosives.htm

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Updated: 2024-12-05