{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2004/393",
  "legislation_title": "The Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fireworks-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Transfer of enforcement duty",
  "text": "(1) The enforcement duty in Scotland is hereby transferred to the chief constable of each police force and shall be the duty of every chief constable in relation to the police area for which the force in question is maintained.\n(2) Every weights and measures authority having the enforcement duty in relation to any area in Scotland is hereby relieved of the enforcement duty.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 7.10.2004, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The expressions “chief constable”, “police force” and “police area” are defined, in relation to Scotland, in Schedule 1 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) and section 50 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/393/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:49.929499+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."
}