§ 18-61. Scope of division; exceptions.

(a)

This division shall apply, at blasting sites, to the use and storage of explosives and blasting agents.

(b)

Nothing in this division shall be construed as applying to:

(1)

The armed forces of the United States or the State militia.

(2)

Explosives in forms prescribed by the official United States Pharmacopoeia.

(3)

The sale or use of fireworks as defined in Fla. Stat. § 791.01.

(4)

The possession, transportation and use of small arms, ammunition or special industrial explosive devices.

(5)

The possession, storage and use of not more than 15 pounds of explosives or blasting agents in educational, governmental or industrial laboratories for instructional or research purposes.

(6)

The use of explosives or blasting agents by the United States Bureau of Mines, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Secret Service, or police and fire departments acting in their official capacity.

(7)

The manufacture, sale or transportation of explosives and blasting agents, or their storage, except that storage of explosives and blasting agents on blasting sites is herein regulated.

(Code 1999, § 5-2)