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

Section 1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

1. In this Regulation, unless the context indicates a different meaning,

(a)  “magazine” means any building, construction, locker or box in which explosives are stored;

(b)  “explosive” means any object and any substance listed in Schedule 1; any mixture including one of those substances and any pyrotechnic item conceived to rise to a height of 300 ft and then explode;

(c)  “blasting agent” means any material or mixture, consisting of fuel and oxidizer, intended for blasting but not otherwise defined as an explosive; provided that the finished product, as mixed for use, cannot be detonated by means of a number 8 test blasting cap when unconfined: a number 8 blasting cap is one containing 2 gr of a mixture of 80% mercury fulminate and 20% potassium chlorate or a blasting cap of equivalent strength;

(d)  “low explosive” means an explosive which burns relatively slowly in the open air but which can be caused to deflagrate when confined: the term includes, but is not limited to sporting powder, black powder and rifle powder.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. E-22, r. 1, s. 1.