These Regulations make provision for the commencement, on 22 June 2023, of the following provisions of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 (“the Act”): sections 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 38(1) (partially, insofar as that subsection relates to certain provisions of schedule 1), and paragraphs 5, 12, 18 and 22 of schedule 1.

The Act makes provision in relation to regulating the use, supply and possession of fireworks and other pyrotechnic articles. The sections commenced by these Regulations confer powers on local authorities to designate a place within their area as a firework control zone, and make provision as to how those powers are to be exercised. Section 27(2) provides that the use of fireworks within a firework control zone, or the firing of a firework into such a zone, is an offence. Paragraphs 5, 12, 18 and 22 of schedule 1 set out exemptions permitting the use of fireworks in a firework control zone in particular circumstances.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 10 August 2022. By virtue of section 56 of the Act, sections 50, 51, 52, 53, 56 and 57 came into force on the day following Royal Assent.