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Did you know the Law has changed?

New legislation has been introduced to help make fireworks safer to use and to tackle their deliberate misuse. It means that fireworks will be safer, less noisy and can only be let off at certain times. As a consumer, you along with retailers, have new responsibilities.

• You can't set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am except on November 5 when you can set them off until midnight and New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year and Diwali when they can be set off until 1am
• You must be over 18 to buy fireworks
• It is illegal for anyone under 18 to possess firworks in public
• It is an offence to throw or set off fireworks in a street or public place.
• It is an offence for people who aren't firework professionals to buy and possess category 4 fireworks. These are only to be used at public displays by firework professionals.

Breaking these rules will result in an £80 fine

Retailers who are caught selling fireworks three weeks prior to November 5 or five days after, and without a higher tier licence could receive a £5,000 fine and/or six months in prison.

If you are aware of people misusing fireworks to either damage property or injure then please call Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

See the related information below to find a full list of premises licenced to sell fireworks in Knowsley.

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