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The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 in Northern Ireland

S.I. 2015/1553 · Made 19 July 2015 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Consumer Protection

Health And Safety

Made 19th July 2015

Laid before Parliament 21st July 2015

Coming into force 17th August 2015

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to pyrotechnic articles, market surveillance and marking which indicates that a product is in conformity with requirements of EU legislation.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for certain references to provisions of EU instruments to be construed as references to those provisions as amended from time to time.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A M3 of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972:

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

S.I. 2009/2743, S.I. 2009/3214.

M2

1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), Schedule, Part 1.

M3

Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008, Schedule, Part 1.

Contents

  1. Part 1: Preliminary
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 4Exception for trade fairs, exhibitions and demonstrations
  4. 5Exception for research, development and testing
  5. Part 2: Obligations of economic operators
  6. Chapter 1: Manufacturers
  7. 7Design and manufacture in accordance with essential safety requirements
  8. 9EU declaration of conformity and CE marking
  9. Chapter 2: Importers
  10. 14Prohibition on placing on the market pyrotechnic articles which are not in conformity
  11. 16Prohibition on placing on the market pyrotechnic articles considered not to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements
  12. Chapter 3: Manufacturers and importers
  13. 21Monitoring
  14. 23Provision of information and cooperation
  15. Chapter 4: Distributors
  16. 24Duty to act with due care
  17. 26Prohibition on making available on the market where pyrotechnic article not considered to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements
  18. 28Provision of information and cooperation
  19. Chapter 5: Importers and distributors
  20. 29Storage and transport
  21. 30Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors
  22. Chapter 6: All economic operators
  23. 31Prohibition on making available to persons younger than the minimum age limit
  24. 32Prohibition on making available to persons without specialist knowledge
  25. 33Prohibitions on making available certain category F2 and F3 fireworks
  26. 34Prohibition on making pyrotechnic articles for vehicles available to members of the general public
  27. 36Translation of declaration of conformity
  28. 37Identification of economic operators
  29. Part 3: Conformity assessment
  30. 42AUK(NI) indication
  31. 42BRegister of UK notified bodies
  32. Part 4: Notification of conformity assessment bodies Approval of Conformity Assessment Bodies
  33. Part 5: Market surveillance and enforcement
  34. 52Designation of market surveillance authority
  35. 53Enforcement
  36. 54Enforcement powers
  37. 55Exercise of enforcement powers
  38. 56Evaluation of pyrotechnic articles presenting a risk
  39. 58EU safeguard procedure
  40. 61Restrictive measures
  41. 64Defence of due diligence
  42. 65Liability of persons other than principal offender
  43. 66Time limit for prosecution of offences
  44. 67Service of documents
  45. 68Recovery of expenses of enforcement
  46. 69Action by enforcing authority
  47. 70Appeals against notices
  48. 71Appropriate court for appeals against notices
  49. 72Compensation
  50. Part 6: Miscellaneous
  51. Signature
  52. Schedule 1: Categories of pyrotechnic article
  53. 1Fireworks
  54. 2Paragraph 2
  55. 3Paragraph 3
  56. 4Paragraph 4
  57. 5Theatrical pyrotechnic articles
  58. 6Paragraph 6
  59. 7Other pyrotechnic articles
  60. 8Paragraph 8
  61. Schedule 2: Essential safety requirements
  62. 2Fireworks
  63. 3Other pyrotechnic articles
  64. 4Ignition devices
  65. Part 1: Module B: Type Examination
  66. 4.5Paragraph 4.5
  67. 8Paragraph 8
  68. 9Paragraph 9
  69. Part 2: Module C2: Conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals
  70. Part 3: Module D: Conformity to type based on quality assurance of the production process
  71. Part 4: Module E: Conformity to type based on product quality assurance
  72. 1Paragraph 1
  73. 2Paragraph 2
  74. 3Paragraph 3
  75. 3.1Paragraph 3.1
  76. 3.2Paragraph 3.2
  77. 3.3Paragraph 3.3
  78. 3.4Paragraph 3.4
  79. 3.5Paragraph 3.5
  80. 4Paragraph 4
  81. 4.1Paragraph 4.1
  82. 4.2Paragraph 4.2
  83. 4.3Paragraph 4.3
  84. 4.4Paragraph 4.4
  85. 5Paragraph 5
  86. 5.1Paragraph 5.1
  87. 5.2Paragraph 5.2
  88. 6Paragraph 6
  89. 7Paragraph 7
  90. Part 5: Module G: Conformity based on unit verification
  91. Part 6: Module H: Conformity based on full quality assurance
  92. Schedule 3: Labelling: required information
  93. 2Additional instructions and safety information
  94. 3Paragraph 3
  95. 4Paragraph 4
  96. 5Paragraph 5
  97. 6Paragraph 6
  98. Schedule 4: Persons with specialist knowledge
  99. 1Person with specialist knowledge: category F4 fireworks
  100. 2Person with specialist knowledge: category T2 theatrical pyrotechnic articles
  101. 3Person with specialist knowledge: category P2 other pyrotechnic articles
  102. 4Person with specialist knowledge: officers of enforcing authorities
  103. Schedule 5: Notified Approved body requirements
  104. 2Paragraph 2
  105. 3Paragraph 3
  106. 4Paragraph 4
  107. 5Paragraph 5
  108. 6Paragraph 6
  109. 7Paragraph 7
  110. 10Paragraph 10
  111. 12Paragraph 12
  112. 13Paragraph 13
  113. 14Paragraph 14
  114. 15Paragraph 15
  115. 16Paragraph 16
  116. Schedule 6: Operational obligations of notified approved bodies
  117. 1Paragraph 1
  118. 2Paragraph 2
  119. 3Paragraph 3
  120. 4Paragraph 4
  121. 8Paragraph 8
  122. 9Paragraph 9
  123. 10Paragraph 10
  124. 11Paragraph 11
  125. 12Paragraph 12
  126. 13Paragraph 13
  127. Schedule 7: Enforcement powers of weights and measures authorities, district councils and the Secretary of State under the 1987 Act
  128. 1Enforcement powers under the 1987 Act
  129. 2Modifications to the 1987 Act
  130. Schedule 8: Enforcement powers of the Health and Safety Executive under the 1974 Act
  131. 1Enforcement powers under the 1974 Act
  132. 2Modifications to the 1974 Act
  133. Schedule 9: Compliance, withdrawal and recall notices
  134. 1Compliance notice
  135. 4Interpretation
  136. Schedule 10: Consequential amendments to the Fireworks Regulations 2004
  137. 1Paragraph 1
  138. 2Paragraph 2
  139. 3Paragraph 3
  140. 4Paragraph 4
  141. 5Paragraph 5
  142. 6Paragraph 6
  143. Schedule 11: Consequential amendments to the Explosives (Fireworks) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
  144. 1Paragraph 1
  145. 2Paragraph 2
  146. 3Paragraph 3
  147. 4Paragraph 4
  148. 5Paragraph 5
  149. 6Paragraph 6
  150. 7Paragraph 7
  151. 8Paragraph 8
  152. Explanatory note