{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-and-pyrotechnic-articles-scotland-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-and-pyrotechnic-articles-scotland-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-4.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/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Regulatory authorities or those acting under the direction of a regulatory authority",
  "text": "It is not an offence under section 24(1) (restriction on days of use of fireworks) for a person to use a firework contrary to section 24(3) if—\n(a) the person is employed by, or acting under the direction of, a regulatory authority, and\n(b) the firework is used in connection with the regulatory authority’s functions.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 56(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2022/9/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}