Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursors Regulations 2023

The Control of Explosives Precursors and Poisons Regulations 2023 (SI 2003/63) is a statutory instrument of the United Kingdom. It restricts the sale of a number of chemicals that are either poisons or explosives precursors without a valid Explosives Precursors and Poisons Licence.^[1][2]

Control of Explosives Precursors and Poisons Regulations 2023

Statutory Instrument
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation	SI 2003/63
Dates
Made	23 January 2023
Laid before Parliament	23 January 2023
Commencement	1 October 2023
Other legislation
Made under	Poisons Act 1972
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursors Regulations 2023 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

Additionally it also regulates the possession of poisons and explosive precursors.^[3] Since 3 March 2016 the possession and use of such chemicals has been regulated.^[4]

It references the Poisons Act 1972 and the Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursors Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/966).^[1]

Regulated explosives precursors

Currently in the UK the following substances are regulated as explosives precursors:^[5]

• Ammonium nitrate
• Hexamine
• Hydrochloric acid
• Hydrogen peroxide
• Nitromethane
• Nitric acid
• Phosphoric acid
• Potassium chlorate
• Potassium perchlorate
• Sodium chlorate
• Sodium perchlorate
• Sulfuric acid

Reportable explosives precursors

The following substances are reportable explosives precursors:

• Acetone
• Aluminium powder
• Calcium nitrate
• Calcium ammonium nitrate
• Magnesium nitrate hexahydrate
• Magnesium powder
• Potassium nitrate
• Sodium nitrate
• Sulfur