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S.I. No. 43/1955 - The Sale of Explosives Order, 1955.

S.I. No. 43 of 1955.

THE SALE OF EXPLOSIVES ORDER, 1955.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 43 of the Explosives Act, 1875, as adapted, hereby order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Sale of Explosives Order, 1955.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the first day of April, 1955.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The Order made on the sixth day of February, 1922, relating to the sale of explosives, is hereby revoked.

4. This Order applies to all explosives other than gunpowder, small-arm nitro-compound, safety cartridges made with gunpowder or with small-arm nitro-compound, cartridges or charges for cannon or blasting made with gunpowder and not containing within themselves their own means of ignition, percussion caps, safety fuse, or fireworks.

5. No person shall sell any explosive to which this Order applies unless he complies with the following conditions :—

(i) he shall satisfy himself that the person desiring to purchase the explosive is in possession of a police certificate where such is required by any Order for the time being in force relating to the keeping of explosives, or that a certificate under this Order has been obtained and, in the case of a certificate under this Order, shall countersign it at the time of sale,

(ii) he shall keep a record of the nature and quantity of explosives sold, the date of each transaction, and the name and address of the purchaser, and shall show such record to any inspector appointed under and for the purposes of the Explosives Act, 1875, member of the Garda Síochána, or duly appointed officer of the local authority, when called upon to do so.

6. Where a Superintendent of the Gárda Síochána is satisfied that explosives to which this Order applies are required for immediate use for industrial or agricultural purposes, or for immediate conveyance on board ship for use in the removal of wrecks or for other work afloat, he may issue a certificate to authorise the sale of such explosive for private use, and not for resale, to such person as may be named in the certificate and to such amount, exceeding ten pounds, as may be specified in the certificate. The certificate shall be valid for one purchase only.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 15th day of March, 1955.

JOHN A. COSTELLO,

Taoiseach.