section_path: Regulation/United Kingdom
section_name: United Kingdom
paragraph_text: United Kingdom
  
  The new Explosives Regulations 2014 (ER 2014) came into force on 1 October 2014 and defines "explosive" as:
  
  "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"
  
  "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."