No person shall undertake manufacture, conversion, stevedoring, import, export, transport or possess for sale or use Ammonium, Nitrate except as authorised or licensed under these rules.
5. Pre-requisite for grant of licence.~—— No licence shall be granted unless all the relevant provisions laid down under these rules and all conditions contained in the license forms under Part—Z of Schedule II annexed to these rules are complied with:
Provided that all the existing manufacturers, converters, users, transporters, stevedores, sellers, possessors, importers and exporters shall apply for licence within siX months and shall comply with the provisions of these rules within a period of one year from the date of publication of these rules. 1 94 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY :[PART li~~SEL1 30)] 95‘ GeneraiRestrictiehs.-m
(1) Restriction on manufacture ~ The Ammonium Nitrate shall not be manufactured at any place other than the piaee indicated in the licence.
(2) Restrictien en s_tei‘age anti eenversieng- *
(a) The Ammonium Nitrate storehouse shall not be located in populated areas. L
(b) No Ammonium Nitrate shall be converted at any place except at converter’s premises duly licensed. _
(c) No person shall extract Ammonium Nitrate from any fertilizer including by any chemical or physical process.
(3) Restriction en stevedering, hagging and pesseesieh for sale 01“ uses
(a) No person shall undertake stevedoring, bagging and possession for‘ sale or use Ammonium Nitrate except under conditions of a licence granted under these rules at a licensed store house as specified therein;
(b) No person shall store, process, deliver, receive, handle or transport any Ammonium Nitrate contaminated fully or partially with any organic material, metal powder or scraps, or sulphur, phosphorous etc.
(4) Restrietien 1111 impart er expert»—
(a) No person shall import or export any Ammonium Nitrate except under and in accordance with the conditions of licence granted under these rules;
(b) No Ammonium Nitrate shall be imported or exported except at its ports notified by the Central Government.
(0) The Ammonium Nitrate shall not be imported into India by Sea except through the ports which are duly approved for this purpose by the Ministry of Shipping and Transport, Government of India, in consultation with the Chief Centroller and declared as Customs Ports by the Commissioner of Customs.
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(d) The Ammonium N1t1ate imported into lndia by sea shall not he sto1ed111 the port.
(5) Reetrietion 1111 transport m
(a) The Ammonium Nitiate shall not he t1ansperted with any othe1 expiosives,infla111mable substances oil gases,ca1honaeeeus matter= etc
(b) No Ammonium Nitrate shall be transportedinany carriage , vessel plyirigfor 01 eamyihgpasSengers 011 hire
(6) Reetrictinn 011 deiivery 0r dispatch
(a) No peisohshall deliver 01 despatch any Ammonium Nit1ate to ahyone other than a persen who~=
(i) is the holder of a licence to possess the Ammonium Nitrate 01 the agent ofa holder of such a iieehee duly authorised by him in writing on his behalf; or
(ii) is entitled under these rules to possess the Ammonium Nitrate withOut a:lieen‘ce.
(h) The Ammonium Nitrate so delivered 01 despatched shall in 110 case exeeed the quantity at any point of time for which the person is holding a licence under these rules.
(0) No person shall receive Ammonium Nitrate from any person other than the holder of a licence granted under these rules.
(7) Restriction on haadiihg Ammonium Nitrate.-« No person shall handle 01~ cause to be handled any ammonium Nitrate between the hours of sunset and sunrise:
Provided that nothing in this rule Shall apply to handling of Ammonium Nitrate during the dark hours if proper illumination is provided in the area and the place is guarded.
(8) Restriction on employment at“ children, intexieateti pereons and certain other prSOKiSr" No person shall employ, allow or engage a person a) Who is below the age of eighteen years; 01 b) who is in a state of intoxication; 01 0) who is mentally or physically challenged, THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II~—SEC. 30)}
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(10) for manufacture, conversion, bagging, storage, sale, loading, unloading or transport of Ammonium Nitrate 01' to enter any premises permitted under these rules.
Restriction on toxic, corrosive, dangerous or flammable substances.—— No toxic, corrosive or flammable or otherwise dangerous substances such as carbonaceous matter, reducing agents, petroleum, carbide of calcium, cbmpressed gases or any other chemical which may react with Ammonium Nitrate in a manner that may result in an explosion shall be allowed in the premises meant for manufacture, conversion, bagging, storage, import, export, transport or handling ofAmmonium Nitrate.
Restriction on use.—Ammonium Nitrate shall not be used for blasting either alone or in combination with other ingredients unless permitted under the Explosives Rules, 2008.