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The Fireworks (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016

S.S.I. 2016/18 · Made 12 January 2016

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Fireworks

Made 12th January 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 14th January 2016

Coming into force 1st March 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Fireworks Act 2003f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 2(3) of that Actf2, the Scottish Ministers have consulted the Health and Safety Executive, those organisations which appeared to them to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other persons whom they considered it appropriate to consult.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c.22; functions under section 2 are exercisable by the Scottish Ministers (concurrently with the Secretary of State) by virtue of S.I. 2004/2030; a full regulatory impact assessment (as required by section 2(4) of the Fireworks Act 2003) was carried out prior to the making of S.S.I. 2004/393.

f2

Section 2(3) was amended by S.I. 2008/960.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Fireworks (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st March 2016.

2Amendment of the Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004

In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004f1—

(a)

for the definition of “adult firework”, substitute—

  • ““adult firework” means a—

    1. (a)

      category F2 firework (within the meaning set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015f2);

    2. (b)

      category F3 firework (within the meaning set out in paragraph 3 of that Schedule); or

    3. (c)

      category F4 firework (within the meaning set out in paragraph 4 of that Schedule);”;

(b)

omit the following definitions—

(i)

“amorce”;

(ii)

“BS 7114”;

(iii)

“cap”;

(iv)

“category 3 firework”;

(v)

“category 4 firework”;

(vi)

“cracker snap”;

(vii)

“novelty match”;

(viii)

“party popper”;

(ix)

“pyrotechnic composition”;

(x)

“serpent”;

(xi)

“sparkler”; and

(xii)

“throwdown”; and

(c)

omit the word “and” immediately after the definition of “the enforcement duty”.

Signature

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

12th January 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004 by substituting a new definition of “adult firework”. The definition operates by reference to categories of firework set out in the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553). Certain other definitions which are no longer required in consequence are deleted.