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Explanatory Note,

(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended

to indicate their general purport).

Under the Dangerous Goods (General) Reguladons a permit la required for the removal of any quantity of freworks exceeding 50 lb. and the said regulations contain provisions relating to the carriage and storage of Breworks exceeding 50 lb. The effect of these amending regulations is lo remove exemptions which apply to the removal, carriage and storage of quantities of fireworks of 50 lb. or less. Accordingly, from the 1st January 1969 (which will be the date upon which the Emergency (Firework) Regulations will be repealed) fireworks in any quantity whatsoever will be subject to the controls for which provision is made in the Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations,

(Secretariat CR 50/3371/67)

EMERGENCY REGULATIONS ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 241).

EMERGENCY (FIREWORK) (REPEAL) ORDER 1968.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following order-

1. This order may be cited as the Emergency (Firework) (Repeal) Order 1968 and shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 1969.

2. The Emergency (Firework) Regulations are

Citation and commencement.

Repeal of Emergency (Firework) Regulations.

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Clerk of Councils.

Council CHAMBER,

10th December 1968.

Explanatory Note,

(This Nate is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate in general purport).

The Emergency (Firework) Regulations, which were enacted in 1967 mainly for the purpose of depriving those who made terrorist bombs of the material with which to make them, conferted power to seize fire works, made provision as to payment of compensation to persons from whom freworks were seized and required any person havlog fireworks in his possession, other than a person to whom a licence to store fireworks had been granted under the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, to notify the Commissioner of Mines or the officer in charge of any police station.

2. Those regulations enabled the Authorities to exercise the necessary control of fireworks in the circumstançon existing at the time of their enactment. It is considered that adequate control can be exercised in relation to tireworks under the Dangerous Goods Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder.

3. Under section 6 of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance the manufac ture, storage, conveyance or use of dangerous goods which includes Freworks is prohibited except under licence. Certain exceptions to that provision in relation to the conveyance and storage of quantities of dres works of less than 50 lb. are contained in the Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations and those regulations are being amended, concurrently with the repeal offected by these regulations, to remove these exceptions and thereby subject any quantity of fireworks whatsoever to control.