{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2015/schedule-6/paragraph-5A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2015/schedule-6/paragraph-5A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1553",
  "legislation_title": "The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/5A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Pyrotechnic articles must be labelled with a UK registration number comprising the following:\n(a) the four-digit identification number of the approved body that has issued a Type-examination certificate (Schedule 2A, Module B), certificate of conformity (Schedule 2A, Module G) or quality system approval (Schedule 2A, Module H), as applicable;\n(b) the category of the pyrotechnic article for which conformity is certified in abbreviated format, in upper case—\n(i) F1, F2, F3 or F4 for fireworks of category 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively;\n(ii) T1 or T2 for theatrical pyrotechnic articles of category T1 and T2 respectively; and\n(iii) P1 or P2 for other pyrotechnic articles of category P1 and P2 respectively; and\n(c) the processing number used by the approved body for the pyrotechnic article.\n(2) The UK registration number must be structured as follows: ‘XXXX — YY — ZZZZ…’, where XXXX refers to sub-paragraph (1)(a), YY refers to sub-paragraph (1)(b) and ZZZZ… refers to sub-paragraph (1)(c).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 5A 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. 43(7) (with Sch. 19 para. 36) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1553/schedule/6/paragraph/5A",
    "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."
}