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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-and-pyrotechnic-articles-scotland-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-and-pyrotechnic-articles-scotland-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-18.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/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "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 a business engaged in, or whose trade or business (or part of whose trade or business) is, the manufacture, importation, distribution or supply of fireworks in accordance with the provisions of the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015, and\n(b) the firework is used for purposes which are necessary in connection with that trade or business.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 18 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 56(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 18 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/18",
    "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."
}