Prohibition of use of certain fireworks at night
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, no person shall use an adult firework during night hours.
(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not prohibit the use of a firework–
(a)during a permitted fireworks night;
(b)by any person who is employed by a local authority and who uses the firework in question–
(i)for the purposes of putting on a firework display by that local authority; or
(ii)at a national public celebration or a national commemorative event; or
(c)in accordance with a dispensation granted under regulation 4 below.
(3) In this regulation, “night hours” means the period beginning at 23.00 and ending at 07.00 the following day and a “permitted fireworks night” means a period–
(a)beginning at 23.00 on the first day of the Chinese New Year and ending at 01.00 the following day;
(b)beginning at 23.00 on 5th November and ending at 24.00 on 5th November;
(c)beginning at 23.00 on the day of Diwali and ending at 01.00 the following day; or
(d)beginning at 23.00 on 31st December and ending at 01.00 the following day.