Explosives Regulations, 2013

Marginal note:Disposal plan

• 266 (1) A distributor who sells marine flares, whether low-hazard or high-hazard, must implement the marine flare disposal plan included in their licence application.

• Marginal note:Return of flares

  (2) A distributor must accept the return of any marine flares sold by them that have expired.

• Marginal note:Destruction

  (3) The distributor must store any expired marine flares that are returned to them in the magazine specified in their licence and destroy them in a manner that does not increase the likelihood of an accidental ignition during or after the destruction.

• Marginal note:Annual report

  (4) If any expired marine flares are returned during a calendar year, the distributor must submit to the Chief Inspector of Explosives, by March 31 of the following year, a report that sets out the number of each type returned, whether low-hazard or high-hazard, and the number of each type destroyed, during the calendar year.