Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Articles (Scotland) Bill: business and regulatory impact assessment

Footnotes

1 The legal term used for Trading Standards is 'weights and measures authority'.

2 Guide to pyrotechnics regulations 2015: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/950114/Guide-to-pyrotechnics-regulations-2015-tp.pdf

3 Estimates provided by the BFA are based on a series of calculations from UK level data.

4 Evaluation-of-firework-related-harm-in-Scotland-October-2020-1.pdf

5 Evaluation-of-firework-related-harm-in-Scotland-October-2020-1.pdf

6 Evaluation-of-firework-related-harm-in-Scotland-October-2020-1.pdf

7 NRS Population Estimates Time Series Data

8 The survey sought to better understand how many firework displays take place in different local authority areas, what processes are in place locally around organising public fireworks displays, to gain an insight into what kind of guidance local authorities feel would helpful. 22 local authorities responded.

9 Aberdeen Council; Argyll & Bute Council; City of Edinburgh; Clackmannanshire Council; Dumfries & Galloway Council; East Ayrshire Council; East Dunbartonshire Council; Falkirk Council; Glasgow City Council; Midlothian Council; North Ayrshire Council; North Lanarkshire Council; Orkney Island Council; Scottish Borders Council; South Ayrshire Council; Stirling Council; West Dunbartonshire Council; and West Lothian Council.

10 Retailers looking to sell fireworks over specified dates must apply to the relevant local authority for a temporary storage licence to do so. A separate licence is required for retailers that sell fireworks throughout the year. The temporary storage licence can be applied for and granted on a multi-year basis, which means the application and licensed granted covers the retailer for a number of years (up to 5 years).