Fireworks Licence Application Form
The Fireworks Regulations 2004
Please use this form if you wish to apply for a license to supply or expose for supply fireworks (see Note 1). The notes shown at the end of this form seek to provide some guidance to completing the form. Further help is available by telephoning the Safety and Licensing team on 01803 208093
Applicant Details
1. Type of business: SOLE TRADER□Please go to Section 2
(please tick one box)PARTNERSHIP□ Please go to Section 3
CORPORATE BODY □Please go to Section 4
2. Sole Trader Details
(Please give your first name(s) and last name)
Name of sole trader ………………………………………..……………….
3. Partnerships
(Please give the first name(s) and last names of ALL partners in the business. If necessary, please use a separate sheet of paper to provide details of additional partners)
Name of partner 1 …………………………………………………………
Name of partner 2 …………………………………………………………
Name of partner 3 …………………………………………………………
Name of partner 4 …………………………………………………………
4. Corporate Body
(Please give the full name of the corporate body)
Name of corporate body ………………………………………………….
Registered office address ………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………Postcode ……………………
5. Have any of the persons or the corporate body named on the previous page been convicted of any offence involving the storage or supply of fireworks or other explosives during the last five years? (Please tick one box)
YES □We may ask you for further information before we can process your application (see Note 2)
NO □
Premise Details
6. Premise name and address
(Please give the full address of the premise from where fireworks are to be supplied or exposed for supply together with the name by which the premise is known [trading name])
Trading name of premise ………………………………………………….
Address ………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………Postcode ……………….
Declaration
7. I apply for a licence to supply or expose for supply fireworks from the above
premise.
Name ………………………………………………………………………
Position in organisation …………………………………………………………
Contact Address ………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………Postcode …………………………
Which address would you like us to use for correspondence?
(Please tick one box)
Corporate Body RO Address (as shown in Section 4) □
Premise Address (as shown in Section 6) □
Contact Address (as shown in Section 7) □
Telephone number …………………………………………………………
Email address: …………………………………………………………
This completed application from should be sent to:
Licensing and Public Protection
C/o Town Hall
Castle Circus
Torquay, TQ1 3DR
together with the fee of £500.00.Cheques should be made payable to “Torbay Council”
NOTES
1. You will NOT need a fireworks licence if you only intend to supply or expose for supply fireworks during the following periods. (You will, however, still be required to ensure that the premise at which the fireworks are stored are registered under the provisions of the Explosives Act 1875.)
on the first day of the Chinese New Year and the three days immediately preceding it
on the day of Diwali and the three days immediately preceding it;
during the period beginning on 15th October and ending on the 10th November; or
during the period beginning on the 26th December and ending on 31st December.
2. Torbay Council may refuse to grant a licence, or may revoke a licence that has been granted if the applicant has been convicted of committing an offence relating to the supply or storage of fireworks or explosives. If a licence is refused or revoked the applicant may appeal to the Courts against the decision. That appeal must be made within 28 days of the decision being notified to that person.
Information held by Torbay Council complies with and is stored in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.The information you provide on this form will be used to process the application only, and will only be disclosed where necessary under any applicable legislation. You have a right of access to your personal information. If you wish to access your personal information or exercise any of your rights under the legislation then please contact the Information Governance Team on 01803 207466.
If you have difficultly in completing this form in English, then help will be offered. Please ring on 01803 208025