Fireworks Act 2003

10 Training courses

(1) If fireworks regulations specify conditions relating to the satisfactory completion of a course, or courses, of training about fireworks, they may make provision for courses to be provided by—

(a) the Secretary of State,

(b) a body or bodies established or recognised by the Secretary of State, or

(c) licensed persons.

(2) If fireworks regulations make provision for courses to be provided by licensed persons, they may—

(a) make provision for the licensing of persons by the Secretary of State or by any body or bodies established or recognised by the Secretary of State,

(b) authorise the making by the Secretary of State of provision about the charging of fees for the grant or variation of licences, and

(c) authorise the making by the Secretary of State, or by any such body or bodies, of provision about any of the matters mentioned in subsection (3).

(3) Those matters are—

(a) the grant, variation and revocation of licences,

(b) conditions which may be attached to licences, and

(c) appeals against refusals to grant or vary, or variations of, licences.

(4) Fireworks regulations may authorise—

(a) the making by the Secretary of State of provision about the charging of fees for attendance at courses of training about fireworks, and

(b) the making by the Secretary of State, or by any body or bodies established or recognised by the Secretary of State under this section, of provision about any of the matters mentioned in subsection (5).

(5) Those matters are—

(a) the descriptions of persons who are to be eligible to attend courses of training about fireworks,

(b) the subject matter to be covered by courses and the conduct of courses,

(c) the criteria to be applied in determining whether persons have satisfactorily completed courses,

(d) the form and content of certificates to be awarded to persons who have satisfactorily completed courses,

(e) appeals against refusals to award certificates to persons who have attended courses, and

(f) the keeping of records about persons who have attended courses.