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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-fireworks-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1999/392",
  "legislation_title": "Explosives (Fireworks) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-fireworks-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "regulation/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“air bomb” means a Roman candle the functioning of which comprises only the ejection of any number of pyrotechnic units, the principal effect of which is any number of reports;\n“another member state” means a member state other than the United Kingdom;\n“assembly” means an assembly which includes any fireworks;\n“aural effect” does not include any effect which is only incidental to a visual effect;\n“banger” means a firework (other than an air bomb)—\n(a) which comprises a tube which contains black powder and has a fuse; and\n(b) the functioning of which principally involves a report;\n“BS 7114” means the British Standard Specification comprising the following parts—\n(a) BS 7114: Part 1: 1988, the British Standard Specification for classification of fireworks published on 30th November 1988;\n(b) BS 7114: Part 2: 1988, the British Standard Specification for fireworks published on 30th November 1988; and\n(c) BS 7114: Part 3: 1988, the British Standard Specification for methods of test for fireworks published on 30th November 1988;\nand references to Parts 1, 2 and 3 of BS 7114 shall be construed accordingly;\n“category 1 firework” means a firework classified as category 1 under Part 1 of BS 7114 and includes an assembly so classified;\n“category 2 firework” means a firework classified as category 2 under Part 1 of BS 7114 and includes any assembly so classified, and any reference to a particular firework or assembly being “in category 2” shall be construed accordingly;\n“category 4 firework” means a firework classified as category 4 under Part 1 of BS 7114 and includes any assembly so classified, and any reference to a particular firework or assembly being “in category 4” shall be construed accordingly;\n“competent authority” means an authority in another member state recognised by the Secretary of State as competent to classify fireworks;\n“enforcing authority” means an authority with a duty to enforce the General Product Safety Regulations 1994 as defined by regulation 11(c) of those Regulations or an authority with a duty to enforce the Consumer Protection Act 1987 as defined by section 27(1)(a) of that Act;\n“firework” means a device intended for use as a form of entertainment which contains, or otherwise incorporates, explosive composition or pyrotechnic composition (or both), and which, upon functioning, burns or explodes (or both) to produce a visual or aural effect (or both);\n“firework of erratic flight” means a firework the functioning of which involves it following a random trajectory or a random path along the ground, whether or not it functions within a pre-determined range;\n“mini-rocket” means a firework, which is designed so that, on functioning, it propels itself into the air, and which comprises a tube—\n(a) the outside diameter of which, at the point where that diameter is greatest, is less than 12 millimetres;\n(b) which contains pyrotechnic composition or pyrotechnic units;\n(c) which is equipped with a stick or sticks for the purposes of stabilising its flight; and\n(d) the overall length of which (including the length of any stick or sticks) is no more than 300 millimetres;\n“original package” means the package in which the fireworks were supplied for the purpose of retail sale by the manufacturer or importer;\n“primary pack” means a package of fireworks of the same type, all of which are either category 1 fireworks or category 2 fireworks, which is intended to be offered for retail sale as a single unit;\n“pyrotechnic composition” means a substance or a mixture of substances designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of these as the result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions;\n“selection pack” means a package of fireworks of more than one category or one type offered or intended to be offered for retail sale as a single unit;\n“sparkler” means a firework comprising a rigid wire partially coated with slow burning pyrotechnic composition, the functioning of which involves the emission of sparks without a report;\n“visual effect” does not include any effect which is only incidental to an aural effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "ISBN 0 580 17026 8"
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      "text": "ISBN 0 580 17028 4"
    },
    {
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      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1994 No. 2328"
    },
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      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1987 c. 43"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/392/regulation/2",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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