Guidance

DSA03 OME: part 1 OME Acquisition

DSA 03 OME part 1 provides guidance to ensure that the risks associated with Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (OME) are as low as reasonably practicable when in use, stored, moved, and disposed.

Documents

Chapter 1: contents

Chapter 2: process interface

Chapter 5: competence

Chapter 7: legislation compliance

Chapter 8: risk management

Chapter 11: insensitive munitions

Chapter 14: audit

Details

Defence Codes Of Practice (DCOP) will be published to this webpage as they become available.

DCOP will ultimately replace JSP 520.

This document is a guide to explain the requirements needed to demonstrate that the inherent risks from Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (OME) are either broadly acceptable or tolerable and as low as reasonably practicable for the Ministry of Defence (MOD), third parties and the environment. This document applies to all ordnance (weapons, delivery platforms), munitions (missiles, shells, pyrotechnics, mines, bullets, explosive charges) and explosives (propellants, energetic material).

This document is to be used by personnel responsible for OME employed by or contracted to the MOD, land, maritime, air and third parties.

Updates to this page

Published 18 June 2020
Last updated 4 December 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added: 'DSA 03.OME Part 1, DCOP' documents.

  2. Added: 'DSA 03.OME Part 1, DCOP 117 - OME Safety Review Panel (OSRP) and Assurance Statement' and 'DSA 03.OME Part 1, DCOP 105 - Safety Risk Management'.

  3. First published.

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