# Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022, Section 4: Requirement to have fireworks licence

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) It is an offence for a person, without reasonable excuse, to purchase, acquire, possess or use a firework to which this Part applies without having a fireworks licence.
(2) 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).
(3) It is not an offence under subsection (1) for a non-natural person to purchase, acquire, possess or use a firework without having a fireworks licence if such purchase, acquisition, possession or use is done on its behalf by a person who has a fireworks licence.
(4) This section is subject to section 38 and schedule 1 (exemptions).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2022/9/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-and-pyrotechnic-articles-scotland-act-2022/section-4
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