Fireworks Act 2003
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 2003 c. 22 |
are fireworks for the purposes of the British Standard Specification relating to fireworks published on 30th November 1988 (BS 7114) or any British Standard Specification replacing it, orwould be fireworks for those purposes if they were intended as a form of entertainment.(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations substitute a new definition of “fireworks” for the definition in subsection (1) .selling them,exchanging them for any consideration other than money, andgiving them as a prize or otherwise making a gift of them,for securing that there is no risk that use of fireworks will have the consequences specified in subsection (2) , orfor securing that the risk that the use of fireworks will have those consequences is the minimum that is compatible with their being used.death of persons or injury, alarm, distress or anxiety to persons,death of animals or injury or distress to animals, anddestruction of, or damage to, property.F2the Health and Safety Executive,organisations which appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of interests substantially affected by the proposal, andother persons whom the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult.(4) Before making fireworks regulations the Secretary of State must issue a full regulatory impact assessment setting out details of the costs and benefits and the wider economic, social and environmental impact of the proposed regulations.cease to have effect at the end of the period of not more than twelve months beginning with the day on which they come into force, andcontain a statement that it appears to the Secretary of State that the need to protect the public requires that the regulations should be made without delay.to make different provision for different cases, andto make any incidental, supplementary, consequential and transitional provision which the Secretary of State considers appropriate.(7) Section 18 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43) (power to require information for deciding whether to make, vary or revoke regulations under section 11 of that Act) applies in relation to fireworks regulations as in relation to regulations under section 11 of that Act.(8) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as in any way limiting the provision that may be made in regulations under section 11 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987.supplying, oroffering or agreeing to supply,(2) Fireworks regulations may include provision prohibiting the purchase or possession of fireworks, or fireworks of a description specified in the regulations, by persons who are below an age so specified.exceptions from the prohibition, orprovision for the granting of dispensations from the prohibition.(1) Fireworks regulations may include provision prohibiting persons from supplying, purchasing, possessing or using fireworks, or fireworks of a description specified in the regulations, during hours of the day so specified.in places or places of a description, orin circumstances,exceptions from the prohibition, orprovision for the granting of dispensations from the prohibition.prohibiting persons from supplying, or offering or agreeing to supply, fireworks of a description specified in the regulations, orprohibiting persons from supplying, or offering or agreeing to supply, fireworks of a description specified in the regulations to persons of a description so specified.prohibiting the purchase or possession of fireworks of a description specified in the regulations, orprohibiting the purchase or possession of fireworks of a description specified in the regulations by persons of a description so specified.(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to class I and class II fireworks.(4) The descriptions of persons which may be specified in fireworks regulations by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) include in particular persons who do not satisfy any conditions which are specified in the regulations and relate to any of the matters mentioned in subsection (5) .the satisfactory completion of a course, or courses, of training relating to fireworks and the means of proving the satisfactory completion of such a course or courses,proficiency or experience in the use of fireworks and the means of proving such proficiency or experience, andthe possession of insurance cover against liability arising from the use of fireworks and the means of proving
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