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7.—(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; or
(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.
(3) In this regulation, “night hours” means the period beginning at 11 pm and ending at 7 am the following day and a “permitted fireworks night” means a period—
(a)beginning at 11 pm on the first day of the Chinese New Year and ending at 1 am the following day;
(b)beginning at 11 pm on 5th November and ending at 12 am the following day;
(c)beginning at 11 pm on the day of Diwali and ending at 1 am the following day; or
(d)beginning at 11 pm on 31st December and ending at 1 am the following day.
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