Calls to ban selling fireworks in town other than at organised displays
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCalls have been made to allow councils to ban the use of fireworks in certain areas of Bolton other than at organised displays.
Bolton Council is set to debate the matter this week, with the authority also urged to support moves to create a new licensing system requiring people to have a license to buy and use fireworks and that businesses and shops will have to check if those buying pyrotechnics have a license.
Kearsley councillor Debbie Newall will propose the motion to the council in a bid to alleviate the distress caused to residents and their pets throughout the ‘firework season’ of late October and November.
She is asking the council to support legislation similar to recently introduced measures in Scotland. READ MORE: 'My lovely mum tripped over a raised water grid on a pavement and died - now they won't alter it The Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 is set to introduce a fireworks licensing system, with mandatory safety training for people wishing to purchase and use fireworks, and introducing powers for local authorities to designate firework control zones.
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