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24.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no pyrotechnic which consists of —
(a)sulphur; or
(b)phosphorus,
mixed with chlorate of potassium or other chlorates or which contains any such mixture shall be manufactured, stored or imported.
(2) This regulation does not apply to any pyrotechnic named in a list, approved by the Executive, of pyrotechnics falling within the description referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) A contravention of paragraph (1) concerning importation shall be punishable only under the 1974 Act(1).
By virtue of section 15 of, and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to, the 1974 Act, Regulations under section 15 can specify, in a case where an act or omission in relation to importation of articles or substances of any specified description constitutes an offence under the 1974 Act and the Customs and Excise Acts 1979, the Act under which the offence is to be punished.
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