E-22, r. 1 - Regulation under the Act respecting explosives

Schedule Disposition versions

2012-09-01

SCHEDULE 5

(ss. 15, 16, 17 and 24)

ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR ALL-WELDED STEEL TYPE I MAGAZINES

(1) Such magazines shall be all-welded steel containers; their construction shall be relatively light weight and the walls as well as the floor shall be fabricated of all-welded steel plates at least 1/4 in thick; the roof shall be of a minimum thickness of 3/16 in. The plates in question shall be firmly fastened to a strong but light steel framework. The interior walls, as well as the ceiling and floor shall be covered with one layer of plywood 3/4 in thick in such a way as to leave a space at least 3 in wide between the outer and inner walls. This space shall be well filled with hard stone crushed to 1/4 in size and washed to get rid of fine particles.

(2) The walls, roof and floor, may also be built of any other combination of steel for the outer surface and of wood or other nonsparking material for the inner one, with or without a space in between, but proven to have theft and bullet resistance equivalent to the fabricated metal assembly described in section 1.

(3) The frame and sill of the door shall be made of 3 in channel iron, at least 1/4 in thick, continuously welded, and equipped with a door stop consisting of an angle-iron 1 in by 1 in, by 1/4 in, welded around all the perimeter.

(4) The door shall be a hanging door consisting first of 2 steel plates 1/4 in thick firmly riveted, welded along the edges and sandwiching a sheet of pressed asbestos at least 3/4 in thick, second, an inner sheathing of plywood 1/4 in thick affixed with contact cement. Such door shall be solidly fixed on hinges such as CMT 5 x 5 for jails, or the equivalent, so that once it is closed, there remains not more than 1/16 in clearance between the door and the frame or the sill. In addition, the inner face of such door, on the side of the hinges, shall be fitted with not less than 3 fixed locking bolts consisting of 3 lugs of at least a 3/4 in2 section, welded on the edge of each door at regular intervals and protruding enough to block the latter, once it is closed, by fitting into recesses in the framework.

(5) The hanging door shall be equipped with 2 maximum security, independent, anti-theft, mortise locks with individual keys which cannot be duplicated except by the manufacturer, only after identification and signature, or alternatively with any other locking system guaranteed to give equal or better security.

(6) The ventilators, if present, shall be of the straight-through type, not larger than 6 in by 6 in, protected on the outside by a steel plate 1/2 in thick, twice the size of the orifice, not more than 3 in from the wall and forming a hood: they shall be equipped with a second 5/16 in, 18 gauge, expanded steel mesh and, in addition, with a screen to prevent any object from being inserted into the magazine.

(7) Any other modality in the form of ventilation must afford the same degree of security against theft or insertion of any object into the magazine.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. E-22, r. 1, Sch. 5.