The Product Safety Amendment and Revocation Regulations 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/2963
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and Commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Product Safety Amendment and Revocation Regulations 2012 and come into force on 6th April 2013.

Section 2 Amendment

For Regulation 15 of the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2010 substitute—

(15)

(1) No person shall supply—

(a) a Christmas cracker to any person under the age of twelve years;

(b) any other category 1 firework to any person under the age of sixteen years.

(2) No person shall supply a category 2 or 3 firework to any person under the age of eighteen years.

(3) In this Regulation—

“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; and

“snap” means two overlapping strips of cardboard or paper, or two strings, with a friction-sensitive pyrotechnic composition in sliding contact with an abrasive surface and designed to be held in the hand.

Section 3 Revocation

The Pencils and Graphic Instruments (Safety) Regulations 1998 are revoked.