The Fireworks Regulations 2004

Interpretation E+W+S

3.  In these Regulations—

[F1 “adult firework” means a—

(a)

category F2 firework;

(b)

category F3 firework; or

(c)

category F4 firework.]

F2 ...

“assembly” means an assembly which includes any firework;

[F3 “category F2 firework” has the meaning set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations;

“category F3 firework” has the meaning set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations;

“category F4 firework” has the meaning set out in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2015 Regulations;]

F2 ...

F2 ...

F2 ...

F2 ...

F2 ...

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[F4 “explosives” has the meaning set out in regulation 2(1) of the Explosives Regulations 2014;]

[F5 “firework” means any article, intended for entertainment purposes, containing explosive substances or an explosive mixture of substances designed to produce heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of such effects through self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions;]

“local licensing authority” means in relation to—

(a)

the City of London, the Common Council for the City of London;

(b)

an area in the rest of London, the London Borough Council for that area;

(c)

an area where there is a fire and civil defence authority, that authority;

(d)

the Isles of Scilly, the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(e)

an area in the rest of England, the county council for that area or where there is no county council for that area, the district council for that area;

(f)

an area in Scotland, the council for the local government area; and

(g)

an area in Wales, the county council or the county borough council for that area;

F2 ...

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“pyrotechnic composition” means a substance or a mixture of a substance designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of these as the result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions;

F2 ...

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“the 1987 Act” means the Consumer Protection Act 1987(1);

“the 2003 Act” means the Fireworks Act 2003(2);

[F6 “the 2015 Regulations” means the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015;]

“the court” means—

(a)

in relation to a decision by a local licensing authority located in England and Wales, a magistrates' court in whose jurisdiction the local licensing authority is situated; and

(b)

in relation to a decision by a local licensing authority located in Scotland, the sheriff in whose jurisdiction the local licensing authority is situated;

“the importation enforcement duty” means the duty imposed by section 27(1) of the 1987 Act, insofar as that duty is, by virtue of section 12(1) of the 2003 Act, exercisable in relation to the enforcement of the prohibition imposed by regulation 11 below;

“the licensing enforcement duty” means the duty imposed by section 27(1) of the 1987 Act, insofar as that duty is, by virtue of section 12(1) of the 2003 Act, exercisable in relation to the enforcement of the prohibition imposed by regulation 9 below;

“the possession enforcement duty” means the duty imposed by section 27(1) of the 1987 Act, insofar as that duty is, by virtue of section 12(1) of the 2003 Act, exercisable in relation to the enforcement of the prohibitions imposed by regulations 4 and 5 below;

“the use enforcement duty” means the duty imposed by section 27(1) of the 1987 Act, insofar as that duty is, by virtue of section 12(1) of the 2003 Act, exercisable in relation to the enforcement of the prohibition imposed by regulation 7 below; and

“throwdown” means a firework comprising impact-sensitive explosive composition and grains of inert material wrapped in paper or foil and which functions to produce a report when thrown onto the ground.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 3 substituted (17.8.2015) by The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 2(a)

F2 Words in reg. 3 omitted (17.8.2015) by virtue of The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 2(b)

F3 Words in reg. 3 inserted (17.8.2015) by The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 2(c)

F4 Words in reg. 3 substituted (17.8.2015) by The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 2(d)

F5 Words in reg. 3 inserted (17.8.2015) by The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 2(e)

F6 Words in reg. 3 substituted (17.8.2015) by The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1553), reg. 1, Sch. 10 para. 2(f)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 7.8.2004, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

1987 c. 43.

(2)

2003 c. 22.