{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2015/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definition of “pyrotechnic article”",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, a “pyrotechnic article” is an article which—\n(a) contains explosive substances or an explosive mixture of substances designed to produce heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of such effects through self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions; and\n(b) is not excluded by paragraph (2).\n(2) The following articles are excluded from the definition in paragraph (1)—\n(a) articles which have been placed on the market before the commencement date;\n(b) articles intended for non-commercial use by—\n(i) the armed forces;\n(ii) a police force in England and Wales;\n(iii) the Police Service of Scotland;\n(iv) the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve or the Northern Ireland Policing Board;\n(v) the British Transport Police;\n(vi) the Ministry of Defence Police Force;\n(vii) the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;\n(viii) a police force for a harbour, port, airport, park, garden or forest in the United Kingdom or with a specialised function in the United Kingdom;\n(ix) the National Crime Agency;\n(x) a fire and rescue service authority within the meaning of section 1 or a combined authority within the meaning of section 2 or 4 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 ;\n(xi) the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service; or\n(xii) the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Board;\n(c) articles falling within the scope of Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment ;\n(d) articles intended for use in the aerospace industry;\n(e) percussion caps intended specifically for toys falling within the scope of Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys ;\n(f) explosives falling within the scope of Council Directive 93/15/EEC on the harmonization of the use of the provisions relating to the placing on the market of explosives for civil uses ;\n(g) projectiles and propelling charges and blank ammunition used in portable firearms, other guns and artillery; and\n(h) fireworks which—\n(i) are built by a manufacturer established in the United Kingdom;\n(ii) are built for the manufacturer's own use; and\n(iii) comply with the law applicable to such fireworks (excluding these Regulations).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2004 c.21."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ L 46, 17.02.1997, p. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "OJ L 170, 30.6.2009, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "OJ L 121, 15.5.1993, p. 20."
    },
    {
      "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/3",
    "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."
}