Section 21 Prohibition on providing fireworks or pyrotechnic articles to childrenI1I2
Scotland
It is an offence for a person to knowingly—
buy or attempt to buy a firework or other pyrotechnic article to which this section applies for a person under the age of 18, or
give or otherwise make available a firework or other pyrotechnic article to which this section applies to a person under the age of 18.
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).
It is not an offence under subsection (1) for a person to buy or attempt to buy a pyrotechnic article for, or give or otherwise make one available to, a person under the age of 18 if—
the manufacturer of the pyrotechnic article designed it to be used as a visual distress signal, and
the person intends that the person under the age of 18 will use the pyrotechnic article only in appropriate circumstances.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
S. 21 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 56(2)
- I2
S. 21 in force at 10.10.2022 by S.S.I. 2022/280, reg. 2, sch.