The licensee of a magazine shall-
(a) ensure that at all times the magazine, including the mound, drainage system, lightning protection system and fence, is kept in good condition and that no new building or work is erected or constructed within the outer zone applicable to the magazine in terms of the table of distances in regulation 7.3 of Chapter 7 of
these regulations and shown on the official site plan for the magazine, without the prior written approval of an inspector;
(b) ensure that the lightning protection system is thoroughly examined and tested at least once a year, not later than 30 September, by a competent person, the result of the examination and test to be entered in the book referred to in regulation 8.4 in addition to being reported forthwith to the Chief Inspector of Explosives., the
method of testing shall be in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Chief Inspector of Explosives;
(c) provide the tools and equipment necessary to enable the magazine master to comply with these regulations;
(d) provide two sets of keys for all magazine doors and gates in the fence surrounding the magazine, one set for use by the magazine master and the other set to be kept in such manner as to be immediately available at any time for emergency use or for inspection of the magazine;
(e) whenever the appointed magazine master is necessarily away from his place of work due to illness or for any reason whatsoever, ensure that a competent person is appointed in accordance with regulation 8.1.1 to
act as his deputy;
(f) ensure that the exterior of the magazine is painted red and the words “Explosives Magazineâ€ or “Magasyn vir Ontplofbare Stowweâ€, are painted in white on the door, except that where, for the purpose of reducing temperature, it is considered advisable, the magazine exterior may be painted white and the inscription shall
then be red;
(g) ensure that the official registered number of the magazine is painted on the outer face of the outside door of the magazine; and
(h) ensure that during September each year a certificate worded as follows is sent to the Chief Inspector of
Explosives, P.O. Box 4570, Johannesburg:
“I,…………………………. hereby certify that magazines numbered…………….., stocked under
continuous transport permit number…………….are still in good condition and that no new structures, roads,
railways, etc, have come into existence within the danger zones of the magazines, as shown on the site plans mentioned on the licences of the relative magazines. I certify further that the lightning conductors were tested on…………….September 19….. and that the resistance to earth was found, to be………….. ohms in respect of magazines numbered……………………….respectively.â€

