YOU CANNOT JUST WALK IN & PURCHASE PYROTECHNICS

POSSESSION OF PYROTECHNICS

NORTHERN IRELAND

Under the Explosives Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, any person in the possession of explosive articles (pyrotechnics) must have gained the 'consent of officer of police to purchase or acquire explosives for a purpose other than blasting.' This can be done simply by completing a form and submitting it to your local police station. The process takes around 7 working days to clear, and must be done no more than 14 days from the date of the proposed transaction.

In Northern Ireland, the main airsoft providers have registered with the PSNI to posses and use pyrotechnics on their sites. It is acceptable for customers to use pyrotechnics purchased on these sites on the day of purchase, but you are committing an offence if you subsequently remove the surplus pyrotechnics from the site. You must register with the PSNI to legally do so.
The Explosives Act states:

"A person shall not carry out, or undertake to carry out, any of the following transactions, that is to say, making, selling, purchasing, acquiring, transferring or disposing of, any explosive unless—

(a) there have been furnished in writing to an officer of police full and accurate particulars of the proposed transaction and the consent in writing of such an officer has been obtained to its being carried out; and

(b) in the case of a sale, acquisition, transfer or disposal, he keeps a permanent record of all such transactions entered into by him and has entered in that record the name, address and occupation of every person from whom he has purchased or acquired any explosive and of every person to whom he has sold, transferred or disposed of, any explosive together with the dates of each such transaction and particulars of the quantity and nature of the explosive to which it related."

The act also states:

"Any person acting in contravention of any provision of this section or of any condition of any consent issued under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine ... or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. "