Was over on UKFR (I know I know) and it was mentioned in a thread with regards to COER 1 forms and I made a reference to the MSER 2005 for an experimental pyrotechnician to make 100g or less of composition.
Someone on there came back with this response and I wanted this clarifying.
"Yes, MSER does permit manufacture of up to 100g of explosive for the purpose of experimentation, testing or demonstration.
However, COER prevents you from acquiring this explosive in any quantity without an acquire, and from keeping it without an acquire and keep.
If you want to experiment with sub 100g qty's of pyrotechnic compositions, you will need to get an acquire only to enable you to acquire (manufacture) them.
You will not be permitted to store (keep) them, they must be used on site there and then, bummer, but that is the law.
If you get an acquire and keep, it will list UN 0027 and UN0028 as black powder you can have. The 'authorities' will take the view that a home made composition (BP for example), is unclassified. You would however be allowed to acquire and keep commercial BP to use as a propellant for example in a star gun to test your experimental compositions you have pressed into a pellet.
ER 2014 is broadly the same, of note though is that currently flash powder is exempt from the Control of Explosives Regulations 1991, and does not require an explosives authorisation. This will change."
Can this be clarified as if this is the case could a lot of hobby and experimental pyrotechnicians fall foul of this?