Editing Explosive (section)

===United Kingdom===
{{further|Explosive Substances Act 1883}}
The new Explosives Regulations 2014 (ER 2014)<ref name=":1">{{OGL-attribution|version=3.0|{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1638/made/data.htm|title=The Explosives Regulations 2014|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212014704/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |archive-date=12 February 2019}}}}</ref> came into force on 1 October 2014 and defines "explosive" as:

{{blockquote|"a) any explosive article or explosive substance which would —

(i) if packaged for transport, be classified in accordance with the [[United Nations]] Recommendations as falling within Class 1; or

(ii) be classified in accordance with the United Nations Recommendations as —

(aa) being unduly sensitive or so reactive as to be subject to spontaneous reaction and accordingly too dangerous to transport, and

(bb) falling within Class 1; or

(b) a desensitised explosive,

but it does not include an explosive substance produced as part of a manufacturing process which thereafter reprocesses it in order to produce a substance or preparation which is not an explosive substance"<ref name=":1" />}}

{{blockquote|"Anyone who wishes to acquire and or keep relevant explosives needs to contact their local police explosives liaison officer. All explosives are relevant explosives apart from those listed under Schedule 2 of Explosives Regulations 2014."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/licensing/index.htm|title=HSE Explosives – Licensing|website=www.hse.gov.uk|access-date=2019-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421213250/http://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/licensing/index.htm|archive-date=21 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>}}