{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2015/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2015/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1553",
  "legislation_title": "The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Traceability",
  "text": "(1) Where a manufacturer or importer places a pyrotechnic article on the market before 17th October 2016, the manufacturer or importer must—\n(a) maintain a record of the UK registration number of the pyrotechnic article for a period of at least 10 years beginning on the day on which it is placed on the market; and\n(b) upon request, make this information available to an enforcing authority.\n(2) Where a manufacturer or importer places a pyrotechnic article on the market after 16th October 2016, the manufacturer or importer must—\n(a) keep a record of the required information for the pyrotechnic article for a period of at least 10 years beginning on the day on which it is placed on the market;\n(b) transfer the record referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to the Secretary of State if the manufacturer or importer is ceasing to trade; and\n(c) upon a reasoned request, provide an enforcing authority with the required information.\n(3) The Secretary of State may appoint a person to receive, hold and manage the record referred to in paragraph (2) on the Secretary of State's behalf.\n(4) In this regulation, “required information” means the following information about a pyrotechnic article—\n(a) the UK registration number;\n(b) the trade name;\n(c) the generic type and sub-type (where applicable); and\n(d) the site of manufacture.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 20 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 19 para. 15 (with Sch. 19 para. 36) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1553/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:33:32.819882+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."
}