ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Explosives Act
2. Interpretation
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"authorized explosive" means any explosive specified in the Schedule, and any other explosive which the Cabinet Secretary may declare, by notice in the Gazette, to be an authorized explosive;"blasting material" means any explosive used for the purpose of blasting;"Commissioner" means the Director of Mines appointed under the Mining Act (Cap. 306);"danger building" means any building or part thereof used as an explosives factory or explosives magazine or in connection therewith, other than a building or part thereof in which no material of an explosive nature is made, used or kept, in respect of which—(a)the licence clearly indicates that it does not constitute a danger building; or(b)a certificate has been granted by an inspector to the effect that it does not constitute a danger building;"explosives" means—(a)gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gun-cotton, blasting powders, fulminate of mercury or of other metals, coloured fires and every other substance, whether similar to those herein mentioned or not, which is used or manufactured with a view to produce a practical effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effect;(b)any fuse, rocket, detonator or cartridge, and every adaptation or preparation of an explosive as herein defined; or(c)any other substance which the Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, declare to be an explosive,but does not include ammunition as defined in the Firearms Act (Cap. 114.);"explosives factory" means any site licensed under this Act for the manufacture of any explosives, together with every mound, building (including an explosives magazine), and work thereon for whatsoever purpose used;"explosives magazine" means any building licensed under this Act for the storage of explosives;"inspector", unless otherwise qualified, means a chief inspector or an inspector of explosives, or any person deputed to act as an inspector under section 3;"manufacture" means the making and division of any explosive from or into its component parts by any process, the conversion of an explosive into an explosive of another kind, and the alteration, fitting for use or repair of, any explosive;"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary responsible for mining;"premises" means any land, road, harbour, river, building, structure, ship, boat or other vessel, or any part thereof, or any tent, railway truck, motor vehicle, cart, van or other vehicle;"the rules" means rules made and in force under this Act;"unauthorized explosive" means any explosive which is not an authorized explosive.