# The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 2: Withdrawal notice

Extent: E+W+S

(1) An enforcing authority may serve a withdrawal notice on a relevant economic operator in respect of a pyrotechnic article if the authority has reasonable grounds for believing that—
(a) the pyrotechnic article has been made available on the market; and
(b) there is non-compliance.
(2) A withdrawal notice must prohibit the relevant economic operator from making the pyrotechnic article available on the market without the consent of the enforcing authority.
(3) A withdrawal notice may require the relevant economic operator to take action to alert end-users to any risk presented by the pyrotechnic article.
(4) A withdrawal notice may require the relevant economic operator to keep the enforcing authority informed of the whereabouts of any pyrotechnic article referred to in the notice.
(5) A consent given by the enforcing authority pursuant to a withdrawal notice, may impose such conditions on the making available on the market as the enforcing authority considers appropriate.
(6) Subject to sub-paragraph (7), an enforcing authority may revoke or vary a withdrawal notice by serving a notification on the economic operator.
(7) An enforcing authority may not vary a withdrawal notice so as to make it more restrictive for the economic operator or more onerous for the economic operator to comply.
(8) A withdrawal notice has effect throughout the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1553/schedule/9/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pyrotechnic-articles-safety-regulations-2015/schedule-9/paragraph-2
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