Storing explosives
You can store one or more of the following without a license:
- No more than 10kg of shooters’ powder
- No more than 5kg of -
- Shooters’ powder, or
- Any hazard type 3 or 4 explosive, or desensitised explosive, which is not a relevant explosive, or a combination of hazard type 3 or 4 explosives, or desensitised explosives, which are not relevant explosives; or
- A combination of shooters’ powder and any hazard type 3 or 4 explosives, or desensitised explosives which are not relevant explosives
- 15kg of percussion caps or small arms ammunition (or a mixture of them).
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) deals with the licensing of all manufacture, factories, mines and harbours, and all stores holding more than 2,000kg.
Return forms to:
Firearms and Explosives Licensing Unit,
Police Headquarters,
Middlemoor,
Exeter, EX2 7HQ.