{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2016/18",
  "legislation_title": "The Fireworks (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Fireworks\nMade 12th January 2016\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 14th January 2016\nComing into force 1st March 2016\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Fireworks Act 2003 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 2(3) of that Act, 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 2(3) was amended by S.I. 2008/960."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/18/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:54.097104+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}