Regulation 3B Prohibition of supply of certain fireworks in specified circumstances: supply in excess of the permitted quantityF1

(1)

Subject to paragraph (3) no person shall supply more than the permitted quantity of adult fireworks at any one time.

(2)

In this regulation “permitted quantity” means fireworks with a total net mass of explosive substance of 5 kilograms.

(3)

Paragraph (1) shall not prohibit the supply of more than the permitted quantity of adult fireworks to any person—

(a)

who is employed by, or in business as, a professional organiser or operator of firework displays,

(b)

who is employed by a business engaged in, or whose trade or business (or part of whose trade or business) is, the supply of fireworks in accordance with the provisions of the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015,

(c)

who is employed by a local authority and the fireworks in question are to be used—

(i)

for the purposes of putting on a firework display by that local authority, or

(ii)

at a national public celebration or commemorative event,

(d)

who is the organiser of a public fireworks display and the fireworks in question are to be used for the purposes of putting on a public fireworks display on behalf of a charitable, religious, youth, recreational, community, political or similar organisation, or

(e)

who is outside Scotland.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 3A, 3B inserted (30.6.2021) by The Fireworks (Scotland) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/79), regs. 1(2), 2(4)