
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Explosives (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2009.
2 
Regulation 10 (prohibition on night storage of explosives) of the Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1970 is revoked.
3 

(1) The Explosives (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976 are amended as follows.
(2) Regulation 7(c) (persons to whom licence may be granted) is revoked.
(3) Regulation 8(1)(c) (revocation of licence) is revoked.
4 
In paragraph (10)(a) of Form 6 (consent of officer of police to purchase or acquire explosives for blasting purposes) in Schedule 1 (forms to be substituted in Schedule to Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1970) to the Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1977, omit “granted an exemption” to the end.
Shaun Woodward
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
25th November 2008