N.Y. Labor Law § 450: Application of article

§ 450. Application of article. 1. This article shall apply to persons

engaged in the manufacture, ownership, possession, storage, use,

transportation, purchase, sale or gift of explosives as defined in

subdivision one of section four hundred fifty-one of this article.

2. This article shall not apply to explosives while being transported

in conformity with federal law or regulations, nor except as may be

herein otherwise provided to persons who manufacture, own, possess,

store, use, transport, purchase, sell or give explosives within the

territorial boundaries of cities having more than one million

inhabitants, nor to any of the following while in the performance of

their official duties: the armed forces of the United States, the

national guard, the state guard and duly constituted police and

firefighting forces of the state and its civil and political

subdivisions.

3. For all purposes of this article, explosives in the possession of

an employee within the scope of his duties, shall be considered to be in

the possession of the employer.