Regulation on Restricted Components
The Explosives Regulatory Division (ERD) of Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan’s) Explosives Safety and Security Branch is responsible for administering Canada’s Explosives Act and its regulations. Amendments to the Act contained in the Public Safety Act, 2002 include regulation-making provisions concerning explosives for the security of restricted components security.
As of June 1, 2008, sellers and transporters of ammonium nitrate (AN) will be required to meet new security measures as specified in the Restricted Components Regulations of the Explosives Act.
As of March 1, 2009, sellers and users of the following eight (8) Restricted Components, namely:
- hydrogen peroxide at a concentration of 30 percent or higher,
- nitric acid at a concentration of 68 percent or higher,
- nitromethane,
- potassium chlorate,
- potassium perchlorate,
- sodium chlorate,
- potassium nitrate, and
- sodium nitrate
will be required to meet new security measures as specified in the Restricted Components Regulations of the Explosives Act.
The Division encourages all affected stakeholders to view the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement and the full description of the Regulations.
Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement and the Regulations (PDF, 1,487 kb).
You can also view the results of the 90-day publication-period in Canada Gazette Part I (PDF, 78 kb)).