Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 22 June 2023.

Appointed Day

2.—(1) 22 June 2023 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the table).

(2) Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the table in the schedule, the corresponding provision in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.