Prohibited activities
74.—(1)  No person shall handle explosives at a disposal site unless he is —
(a)a person engaged in the carriage of explosives to or from the disposal site;
(b)a shotfirer or trainee shotfirer;
(c)a person authorised by the operator at the disposal site to handle explosives at the disposal site; or
(d)a person appointed by the operator at the disposal site to be in charge of the explosives store.
(2)  No person shall —
(a)bring any article or substance (other than any explosives) which is likely to cause an unintended explosion or fire; or
(b)except for the purpose of lighting an igniter cord or safety fuse, take any naked flame,
within 10 metres of any explosives in a disposal site.
(3)  No person shall forcibly remove any detonator lead, safety fuse or other system for initiating shots from a shothole in a disposal site after the shothole has been charged and primed.
(4)  No person shall charge or fire a shot —
(a)unless there is sufficient visibility to ensure that —
(i)all work preparatory to shotfiring;
(ii)the shotfiring operation; and
(iii)any site inspection after the shot is fired,
can be carried out safely;
(b)in a shothole which has previously been fired, unless he is dealing with a misfire; or
(c)in any tunnel or excavation (other than a shothole) in the face or side of a quarry for the purpose of extracting minerals or products of minerals.
(5)  No person shall fire a shot —
(a)unless he is a shotfirer or trainee shotfirer; and
(b)except by means of a suitable exploder or safety fuse.
(6)  No person shall cap a safety fuse with a detonator unless —
(a)he is using equipment designed for that purpose; and
(b)he is in a suitably sheltered place designated by an operator for that purpose.