THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

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MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

(Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 26th December, 2000

S.O. 3(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Explosives Act, 1884

(4 of 1884), the Central Government hereby exempts M/s. HLS India Limited, 6 Local Shopping Centre, Madangir,

New Delhi-110062 from the provisions of sub-rule (2) of rule 31 of the Explosives Rules, 1983 (hereinafter referred to as

the said rules), for import of the following explosives from M/s. Halliburton Energy Services, Jet Research Center, 8432,

South 1-35 West, Alvarado, Texas, United States of America, at New Delhi, airport, namely :—

Serial

Number

Name of the explosive

Charges, Shaped

UN. Number

0441

Class

1.4S

Net Weight

(inKgs.)

226.80

2. The explosives mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be imported subject to the following conditions, namely .—

(1)

necessary clearances are obtained from the Director General of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority

of India and conditions, if any, imposed by these two authorities shall be complied with;

(2)

explosives conforming only to Division 1.4 of the classification given in section 3 of lhe International Air

Transport Association Dangerous Goods Regulations, 1996 shall be imported;

(3)

relevant provisions relating to the possession, transport, use and import of explosives, as contained in the

said rales, except sub-rule (2) of rule 31, shall be complied with;

(4)

adequate number of explosives vans, licensed tinder the said rules, shall be kept ready at the airport so that

the explosives can be removed expeditiously from the aircraft after its landing,

(5)

aircraft shall be parked at a remote place at the airport and an area of at least five hundred square metres

around the aircraft and explosives van shall be cordoned off by providing adequate number of security

guards in consultation with the Director General of Civil Aviation before the transfer of explosives from

aircraft to van is started. The arrangement shall continue till such transfer is completed and the van is duly

locked and leaves the site;

(6)

no smoking or use of naked light shall be permitted within the cordoned area; and

(7)

vans carrying the explosives shall proceed to the storage magazines licensed under the said rules and no

undue delay shall be made on the way and all provisions of the said rules and local traffic rules and

municipal regulations shall be complied with during the transportation of the explosives.

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A.E. AHMAD, Jt. Secy.