The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2015/1553
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 17th August 2015 (“
  • (1) In these Regulations—
    • the “1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 ;
    • the “1987 Act” means the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , as it has effect on the commencement date;
    • the “2010 Regulations” means the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2010 ;
    • accreditation” has the meaning set out in point 10 of Article 2 of RAMS (as amended from time to time) ;
    • accreditation certificate” means a certificate, issued by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales under number 03076190) or a national accreditation body in another member State, attesting that a conformity assessment body meets the notified body requirements;
    • aerial wheel” means tubes containing propellant charges and sparks, flame or noise-producing pyrotechnic composition (or all three) , the tubes being fixed to a supporting structure, the principal effect of which is rotation and ascent, with emission of sparks and flames, producing a visual or aural effect (or both) in the air;
    • banger” means a firework (other than a firework within regulation 33(1) (g) (i) (prohibitions on making available certain category F2 and F3 fireworks) ) —
      • (a) which comprises a non-metallic tube which contains pyrotechnic composition and has a fuse; and
      • (b) whose functioning principally involves report;
    • battery” means an assembly which includes two or more fireworks of the same type;
    • category F1 firework” has the meaning set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (categories of pyrotechnic article) ;
    • category F2 firework” has the meaning set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1;
    • category F3 firework” has the meaning set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1;
    • category F4 firework” has the meaning set out in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1;
    • category P1 other pyrotechnic article” has the meaning set out in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1;
    • category P2 other pyrotechnic article” has the meaning set out in paragraph 8 of Schedule 1;
    • category T1 theatrical pyrotechnic article” has the meaning set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 1;
    • category T2 theatrical pyrotechnic article” has the meaning set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1;
    • CE marking” means a marking which takes the form set out in Annex II of RAMS (as amended from time to time) ;
    • Christmas cracker” means a paper or foil tube, crimped at each end, enclosing novelties and with one or more snaps running along the length of the tube;
    • combination” means an assembly, other than a battery, which includes 2 or more fireworks;
    • competent national authority” means an authority having responsibility for enforcing the law of a member State which implements the Directive;
    • conformity assessment” means the process demonstrating whether the essential safety requirements relating to a pyrotechnic article have been fulfilled;
    • conformity assessment body” means a person that performs conformity assessment activities, including calibration, testing, certification and inspection; the “Directive” means Directive 2013/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of the member States relating to the making available on the market of pyrotechnic articles (recast) ;
    • distributor” means any person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a pyrotechnic article available on the market;
    • double banger” means a firework (other than a firework falling with in regulation 33(1) (g) (i) ) —
      • (a) which comprises a non-metallic tube containing two portions of pyrotechnic composition connected by a delay fuse; and
      • (b) whose functioning principally involves report and a flash of light;
    • economic operator” means a manufacturer, importer or distributor;
    • enforcing authority” means any person enforcing these Regulations under regulation 53 (enforcement) , and, for these purposes, the Secretary of State is to be considered the person enforcing these Regulations where a person acts on the Secretary of State's behalf under regulation 53(5) ;
    • essential safety requirements” means the requirements set out in Schedule 2 (essential safety requirements) ;
    • EU declaration of conformity” means a declaration of conformity required to be drawn up in accordance with regulation 9(1) (a) (EU declaration of conformity and CE marking) ;
    • European Commission” means the Commission of the European Union;
    • firework” means a pyrotechnic article intended for entertainment purposes;
    • flash banger” means a firework (other than a firework falling within regulation 33(1) (g) (i) ) —
      • (a) which comprises a non-metallic tube containing metal-based pyrotechnic composition; and
      • (b) whose functioning principally involves report and a flash of light;
    • harmonised standard” has the meaning set out in point 1(c) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European standardisation (as amended from time to time) ;
    • importer” means any person who—
      • (a) is established within the EU; and
      • (b) places a pyrotechnic article from a third country on the EU market;
    • jumping cracker” means a paper tube containing black powder, folded back on itself several times and bound together, the principal...

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