# Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022, Paragraph 5: Power to inspect and test fireworks

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) An officer of a local weights and measures authority may—
(a) inspect a firework or an item suspected to be a firework on the premises,
(b) arrange for a firework or an item suspected to be a firework to be tested (and may seize and retain the firework or item under paragraph 6 to do so).
(2) Inspection and testing under this paragraph may carried out only for the purposes of determining—
(a) whether or not an item is a firework, or
(b) the category of a firework (or suspected firework) for the purposes of this Act (see section 2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2022/9/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-and-pyrotechnic-articles-scotland-act-2022/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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