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Regulation 10 Information about ... fireworksF8I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

No person shall supply or expose for supply any adult firework F1or sparkler unless—

(a)

where F2category F2 fireworks or category F3 fireworks are supplied or exposed for supply in any premises, he displays in a prominent position in those premises a notice, F3which measures no less than 420 millimetres by 297 millimetres and whose letters are no less than 16 millimetres high, stating the required information, or

(b)

where category F2 fireworks or category F3 fireworks are supplied or exposed for supply in circumstances not mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above, he gives the required information to any person to whom the fireworks are supplied or exposed for supply.

F4(2)

In paragraph (1), the “required information” means information that—

(a)

it is illegal to sell category F2 fireworks or category F3 fireworks to anyone under the age of 18; and

(b)

it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to possess category F2 fireworks or category F3 fireworks in a public place.

(3)

No person shall supply any firework unless, if requested to do so by a local licensing authority, he provides that authority with the following information—

F5(a)

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(b)

the name and address of the person to whom he is supplying the fireworks F6, except where that person is an economic operator within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations;

(c)

the date when the fireworks were supplied to him;

(d)

the date when he supplied or proposes to supply the fireworks to another person; and

(e)

the total amount of explosives contained in the fireworks supplied.

F7(4)

No person shall supply any adult firework unless he maintains for a period of three years, beginning with the date on which he supplies that firework, a record of the following information—

(a)

the name and address of the person who supplied the firework to him;

(b)

the name and address of the person to whom he is supplying the firework;

(c)

the date when the firework was supplied to him;

(d)

the date when he supplied the firework to another person; and

(e)

the total amount of explosives contained in the firework supplied.

(3A)

A person who supplies adult fireworks shall, if requested by a local licensing authority within the period mentioned in paragraph (3) above to provide any of the information mentioned in that paragraph, provide to that authority such information as is specified in the request.

(4)

Paragraphs (3) and (3A) above shall not apply if, in a single transaction, the total amount of the explosives contained in the fireworks supplied is less than or equal to 50 kilograms.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 10(1) inserted (1.1.2005) by The Fireworks (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3262), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)

F2

Words in reg. 10(1) substituted (17.8.2015) by The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 6(a)

F3

Words in reg. 10(1)(a) substituted (1.1.2005) by The Fireworks (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3262), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b)(ii)

F4

Reg. 10(2) substituted (17.8.2015) by The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 6(b)

F5

Reg. 10(3)(a) omitted (17.8.2015) by virtue of The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 6(c)(i)

F6

Words in reg. 10(3)(b) inserted (17.8.2015) by virtue of The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 6(c)(ii)

F7

Reg. 10(3)(3A)(4) substituted for reg. 10(3)(4) (1.1.2005) by The Fireworks (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3262), regs. 1(1), 4(4)

F8

Word in reg. 10 heading revoked (1.1.2005) by The Fireworks (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3262), regs. 1(1), 4(5)

Commencement

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Reg. 10 in force at 7.8.2004, see reg. 1(1)