# The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2010 (revoked) S.I. 2010/1554 · made 9 June 2010 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2010-revoked/pdf/uksi_20101554_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2010-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20101554_en.pdf ## Introductory text Consumer Protection Health And Safety Made 9th June 2010 Laid before Parliament 11th June 2010 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Scope and exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Categorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Category 1, 2 and 3 fireworks ## 5 Scope of Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Safety obligations of manufacturers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Safety obligations of importers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Safety obligations of distributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Harmonised standards for category 1, 2 or 3 fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Free movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Conformity assessment procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Obligation to affix the CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Prohibition on improper use of the CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Labelling requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Prohibition on supply of category 1, 2 or 3 fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Exception for trade fairs, exhibitions and demonstrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Exception for research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Market surveillance and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Enforcement actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Requirements regarding prohibitions, restrictions and withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Prohibitions on supply of certain category 2 or 3 fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Category 4 fireworks, theatrical pyrotechnic articles and other pyrotechnic articles ## 22 Scope of Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Safety obligations of manufacturers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Safety obligations of importers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Safety obligations of distributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Harmonised standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Free movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Conformity assessment procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Obligation to affix the CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Prohibition on improper use of the CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 General labelling requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Labelling requirements for pyrotechnic articles for vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Prohibition on supply of pyrotechnic articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Exception for trade fairs, exhibitions and demonstrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Exception for research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Market surveillance and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Enforcement actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Requirements regarding prohibitions, restrictions and withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Defence of due diligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Liability of persons other than principal offender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Persons with specialist knowledge for category 4 fireworks, category T2 theatrical pyrotechnic articles or category P2 other pyrotechnic articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Conformity assessment etc. ## 43 Process of appointment and notification of notified bodies etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Supplementary matters in relation to notified bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Proceedings, transition and revocations, etc. ## 45 Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Transitional provisions in relation to category 1, 2 or 3 fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Transitional provisions in relation to category 4 fireworks, theatrical pyrotechnic articles and other pyrotechnic articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Contravention of the Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Repeals, revocations, amendments and savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Categories of pyrotechnic articles ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Essential Safety Requirements ## 1 Essential safety requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 A. Fireworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 B. Other pyrotechnic articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 C. Ignition devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 Definitions of fireworks in regulation 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Enforcement powers under Part 3 ## 1 Powers of Health and Safety Executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Powers of Health and Safety Executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Withdrawal notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Supplementary provisions relating to withdrawal notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Appeals against withdrawal notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Offence of contravening a withdrawal notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Revocations and amendments of provisions of the Explosives (Fireworks) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 ## 1 Revocations and amendments to the Explosives (Fireworks) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1554 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2010-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.