# Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022, Paragraph 12: Notice of testing of item

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where—
(a) a firework purchased (or acquired under direction or by arrangement) by an officer of a local weights and measures authority under paragraph 2 is submitted to a test and as a result proceedings are brought for an offence under section 5 or 22, or
(b) a firework or item seized by an officer of a local weights and measures authority under paragraph 6 is submitted to a test.
(2) The local weights and measures must inform the relevant person of the results of the test.
(3) The local weights and measures authority must allow a relevant person to have the firework or item tested if it is reasonably practicable to do so.
(4) In sub-paragraph (2), “relevant person” means the person from whom the firework or item was purchased or seized.
(5) In sub-paragraph (3), “relevant person” means—
(a) in a case within sub-paragraph (1)(a), a person who is a party to the proceedings, or
(b) in any other case, a person referred to in sub-paragraph (4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2022/9/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-and-pyrotechnic-articles-scotland-act-2022/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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