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The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2010

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3.—(1) These Regulations apply to pyrotechnic articles.

(2) These Regulations do not apply to—

(a)pyrotechnic articles intended for non-commercial use by—

(i)the armed forces,

(ii)a police force in England and Wales,

(iii)a police force within the meaning of section 3 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967(1),

(iv)the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve or the Northern Ireland Policing Board,

(v)the British Transport Police Force,

(vi)the Ministry of Defence Police Force,

(vii)the Civil Nuclear Constabulary,

(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,

(ix)the Serious Organised Crime Agency,

(x)the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency,

(xi)a fire and rescue 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(2),

(xii)a fire and rescue authority within the meaning of section 1 or a joint fire and rescue board within the meaning of section 2 or a joint fire board within the meaning of section 5 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005(3), or

(xiii)the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Board;

(b)equipment falling within the scope of Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment(4);

(c)pyrotechnic articles intended for use in the aerospace industry;

(d)percussion caps intended specifically for toys falling within the scope of Council Directive 88/378/EEC concerning the safety of toys(5);

(e)explosives falling within the scope of Council Directive 93/15/EEC on the harmonization of the provisions relating to the placing on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses(6);

(f)ammunition, meaning projectiles and propelling charges and blank ammunition used in portable firearms, other guns and artillery.

(3) A reference to a body in paragraph (2)(a) includes a reference to a—

(a)person or constable who is under the direction and control of a chief officer (by whatever name called) of police or of a fire and rescue authority or board, as the case may be, and acting in that capacity; and

(b)a training or associated establishment of such a body.

(1)

c.77. Section 3 was substituted by the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994, section 47(1); subsections (3) and (4) were inserted by the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006, (2006 asp 10), section 48.

(2)

c.21. Section 1 was amended by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, Schedule 2, paragraph 10(1) and (2).

(4)

OJ No L046, 17.02.97, p.25.

(5)

OJ No L187, 16.7.1988, p.1.

(6)

OJ No L121, 15.05.93. p.20.

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