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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-and-pyrotechnic-articles-scotland-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-and-pyrotechnic-articles-scotland-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2022/9",
  "legislation_title": "Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-and-pyrotechnic-articles-scotland-act-2022",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "It is not an offence under section 27(2)(a) (firework control zones) for a person to ignite a firework in a firework control zone if—\n(a) the person is employed by, or in business as, a professional organiser or operator of fireworks displays, and\n(b) the firework is used for the purposes of putting on a public fireworks display for the person’s employer or in the course of the person’s business (as the case may be).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 56(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 22.6.2023 by S.S.I. 2023/176, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2022/9/schedule/1/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:20.213210+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}