The Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 No. 1553

PART 2 Obligations of economic operators

Chapter 6 All economic operators

Prohibition on making available to persons younger than the minimum age limit

31.  An economic operator must not make a pyrotechnic article available on the market in the United Kingdom to a person younger than the following minimum age limits—

(a) for a Christmas cracker, 12 years;

(b) for a category F1 firework other than a Christmas cracker, 16 years;

(c) for a category F2 firework or a category F3 firework, 18 years;

(d) for a category T1 theatrical pyrotechnic article, 18 years;

(e) for a category P1 other pyrotechnic article, 18 years.