c. 17) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and amended statutes relating to explosives.

The disaster led to efforts to reform explosives law in the United Kingdom.

[2] During debate, a proposed amendment John Philip Nolan to change "grand jury cess" to "poor rates" for Ireland was defeated.

[7] Section 122 preserved existing securities, rates and charges and protected all pre-existing rights, actions and proceedings from being affected by the repeal.

The act was partly repealed when the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1082) was brought into being but the inspection and licensing remained much the same.